A few more than 50 people took part in a demonstration last Saturday on the Bulloch County Courthouse lawn protesting policies of the new administration in Washington, D.C. Another protest, this time focusing on human rights and fair treatment for immigrants, is set for 1 p.m. this Saturday, March 1, also based on the courthouse lawn.

Young Democrats of Bulloch County are the host organization for this second protest, as they were for the one last Saturday. Their new flier on social media states: “Join us next Saturday, March 1st at 1 p.m. for a Peaceful Protest against mass deportations and the prosecution of immigrants living peacefully in our nation. Speak up for those who have no voice, or be voiceless when your own is silenced.”

A Spanish version of the flier, also online, has “persecucion” (persecution) where the English version uses “prosecution.” Both versions make “Peaceful Protest,” or in Spanish, “Protesta Pacifica,” the name of the event, in largest type.

The first event, on Saturday, Feb. 22, was also a peaceful protest, and its poster headlined the slogan, “We the People. Not the Billionaires,” with the first three words in boldest type and the last three struck through.

Some of the signs carried by protestors last weekend were also specifically pro-immigrant, with messages such as “Immigrants make America Great” and “Jesus (heart) Immigrants.” But others expressed more generic dissent, with slogans such as “Stop Project 2025,” “No one voted for Musk” and “Constitution, not a King.”