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Denver, February 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Colorado, heavily armed ICE agents carried out large-scale immigration raids at apartment complexes across Denver and Aurora on Wednesday. 

The Denver Post reports masked agents knocked on doors demanding residents show IDs and asking them to report any undocumented neighbors.  Those arrested had their hands zip-tied and were loaded onto waiting buses.

In related news, amid the immigration raids, thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Colorado state Capitol to denounce ICE, temporarily shutting down major roadways in Denver. 

Similar large-scale protests erupted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Nashville, Tennessee; Lansing, Michigan; St. Paul, Minnesota; and elsewhere. 

There were also student-led walkouts in solidarity with immigrants at high schools in Los Angeles and San Antonio, Texas.

[ SOURCE:  DEMOCRACY NOW ]