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Civil rights activists keep protesting in Trump's America

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June 04, 2025

JOSEPH and Joyce Ellwanger have lost count of how many times they've been arrested.

- SIFISO MAHLANGU, sifiso.mahlangu@inl.co.za

But at 92 and 88 years old, the veteran civil rights activists are still on the front lines, this time protesting what they see as dangerous overreach by Donald Trump during his second term as US president.

“Inaction and silence do not bring about change,” said Joseph, standing with a walker at a rally near Milwaukee in late April.

The demonstration, attended by several hundred people, was in support of Judge Hannah Dugan, who was recently arrested by the FBI.

Dugan is accused of helping an undocumented immigrant avoid federal authorities’ charges, her supporters say, and this is politically driven.

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