A hymn rang through the lawn of the Hays County Historic Courthouse as voices resonated together with the words “Through many dangers, toils and snares have we already come. T’was grace that brought us safe this far, and grace will lead us home.” This time, the voices did not sing to rejoice, but to grieve the conditions that pervade detention centers along the border and around the nation.
On Friday evening, community members gathered at a vigil hosted by Mano Amiga and local clergy as part of the Lights for Liberty international day of action, which called for an end detention camps at the border.
“We are here today on July 12 as one of thousands of vigils occurring internationally to grieve with those currently held in migrant concentration camps scattered across the country and for those lost to the inhumane conditions of these camps,” said Tomas Diaz de Leon, an organizer with Mano Amiga. “We are also here to demand that these camps be closed.”
