Many Chicago area veterans marked Veterans Day by protesting actions taken by the Trump administration in its aggressive immigration enforcement and service cuts to the Veterans Administration.

More than 300 participated in the rally, held at the Vietnam War Memorial near the Chicago River at Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue.

Organized by the group About Face: Veterans Against the War, some veterans held signs reading “No Cuts, No ICE, No Occupation.”

“ICE not only has been targeting people just because they are brown skinned or speak Spanish, but they have also detained a lot of veterans,” said Nick Podjasek, an Air Force veteran who works as a healthcare provider at the Veterans Administration. Podjasek is also a member of SEIU Healthcare.

“The attacks are to divide and conquer working

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