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Immigration protest signs reveal a kaleidoscope of outrage

The hand-scrawled signs in all colors and sizes reflect the thousands of Americans participating in rallies Saturday against the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward undocumented immigrants.

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Ray Sanchez (CNN)
(CNN) — The hand-scrawled signs in all colors and sizes reflect the thousands of Americans participating in rallies Saturday against the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward undocumented immigrants.

From New York to Atlanta, signs carried by marchers painted a kaleidoscope of outrage over the more than 2,500 undocumented children who were separated from their parents in the weeks since the controversial policy took effect.

In New York, a little girl with dark hair held a bright yellow sign that read, "Mr. President Why do you like Mexican food but not the Mexican people? Families belong together."

The caption on an Instagram photo of the girl reads: "The radicalization of Willa Gray."

In Washington, Margaret Stokes, a teacher from Leesburg, Virginia, carried a sign that read, "Where are the children?"

Another one had a sketch of a baby onesie with the words, "Where is my mother?" and the question: "Do you care?"

"CLOSE the DETENTION CENTERS," read a black, red and white sign carried by Sara Tharakan and cousin Sarah Mathews, both 27, in Washington.

MacKenzie Banks, 19, of Lubbock, Texas, held up a sign in Washington with a question for the Trump administration: "If these children lived in my uterus, would y'all start caring."

Another one in Washington said simply: "I know why the caged kid screams."

The main march was in Lafayette Square in Washington, but hundreds of rallies were underway across the country.

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