Students of the Latino community gathered Wednesday at the bridge between Wells Hall and the Computer Center to simulate border control between the United States and Mexico.
Chicanos y Latinos Unidos and Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan put on the protest to raise awareness of unfair practices at the border, said Adriana Abundis, an advertising freshman.
“People are being killed at the border, people are being deported from America and Mexican women are being raped and killed at the border every day,” Abundis said.
To highlight immigration issues, students would not allow peers to cross the bridge without a photo ID, she said.
Students who did not present identification were given a pamphlet about border issues and released.
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