Lights for Liberty

Locals gather at Courthouse to hold vigil for migrants

Laura Gonzalez, 25, lights a candle during Friday's vigil at the Bulloch County Courthouse grounds to raise awareness and express concern about detainment camps at the U.S.-Mexico border. Gonzales, a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient who is now a math teacher at Statesboro High School, was one of the featured speakers and explained how most of the detainees at the border want a chance at a better life for themselves and their children.

(Note: The following is the invocation delivered during Friday’s night’s Lights for Liberty vigil at the Bulloch County Courthouse by the Rev. Jane Page. More than 700 Lights for Liberty gatherings were held around the United States Friday to bring awareness about migrant children and adults being held in inhumane conditions at refugee camps around the nation.