MEXICO CITY — Protesters in Mexico City staged a demonstration outside the US Embassy on Monday, calling for an end to sweeping immigration raids across the border.

Video captured by Reuters showed people waving Mexican and US flags and burning an effigy resembling US President Donald Trump.

“We cannot remain silent as the Trump administration escalates its war on our communities in the United States,” said activist Alejandro Marinero from Migrant Organization Aztlan.

“Immigration policy is not a party issue, but a class issue. It is the tool of a system that seeks to divide us, exploit us and keep us in the shadows to ensure its profits at the expense of our humanity,” he told Reuters. — CNN