Patricia R. Doxsey reports in the Daily Freeman that about 100 people protested outside the Kingston office of Rep. Antonio Delgado on July 2, calling on closure of U.S. detention camps where migrant children are held near the U.S. and Mexican border. Similar "Close the Camps" protests were held all over the country July 2. New Paltz resident Steve Greenfield, at the Kingston protest, said he plans to wear the skullcap that is a symbol of his Jewish faith, and a yellow star like the ones Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany, until the United States closes the immigrant camps. "There are people being held in concentration camps in this country," Greenfield said. "I am a Jew, and I was raised by my culture to believe that I bear a special burden in life, for as long as I'm on this Earth, to make sure that there are no concentration camps anywhere in this world." Protesters wanted four specific things from Delgado: a visit to a detention center this week, work to close the centers, rejecting any additional federal funding for family detention and deportation, and help reuniting families. In a statement, Delgado condemned the camps, but did not promise any specific action, including the requests of protesters. His statement also applauded, "the impassioned civic engagement in response to what’s happening to migrant families within our borders." Read more about this story in the Daily Freeman.

I applaud the impassioned civic engagement, including those exercising their right to protest outside our Kingston office, in response to what’s happening to migrant families within our own borders. https://t.co/oYVp1NFlR3

— Congressman Antonio Delgado (@repdelgado) July 2, 2019