![]() ![]() ![]() "People are sending their kids here unaccompanied, and rather than have them on the street, victimized by sex traffickers and death in the desert, Southwest Key offers them shelter." "These facilities for shelter were placed because there was a need," said Faz. That's what protesters want to see end.īut the counter protesters say Southwest Key is helping children. The City of Austin lists more than $600,000 in contracts with Southwest Key online. Zafaris threw the boxes back onto the Southwest Key walkway. One of the counter protesters brought boxes of granola bars over to the sidewalk where the protesters were, once again offering snacks. There's no way you can slice it, dice it, shred it up, it's wrong," he said. What they're doing separating parents and children is wrong. "What Southwest Key is doing on the border is wrong. Ken Zafaris, the president of Education Austin, the teachers' union, was among them. We do not separate families from their parents."īut the protesters weren't buying it. "We want them to have the opportunity to sit down with us and have a civil conversation," Sanchez told reporters. Southwest Key CEO Juan Sanchez led the counter protest. But you're just talking," said one protester wearing octagonal sunglasses to the Southwest Key group. At times, some protesters and counter protesters argued face to face. Both sides tried to drown each other out. ![]() The counter protesters announced they wanted to sit down and talk to the protesters, and offered them water and snacks and a table with chairs under the shade of a canopy. Southwest Key has been doing this great job of taking care of children," said counter protester Angelica Faz. "We're here trying to get the truth out there. It at least quadrupled in size when employees and supporters of Southwest Key marched up to within feet of the protesters. "We shouldn't be funding child abuse and suffering for families," said protester Marie Drummond. It started with dozens of people protesting in front of Southwest Key's building in Southeast Austin. ![]()
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