More than 250 people rallied this week in front of the Summit County Courthouse to protest last week’s raid of area Mariachi Locos restaurants and the arrest of 35 cooks, dishwashers and servers alleged to be in the country illegally. HOLA, a grassroots Hispanic organization from Northeast Ohio, organized the effort to draw attention to the fact many of those facing possible deportation have U.S.-born children.

The raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is separating families and “ripping apart the bonds between children and their parents,” HOLA spokeswoman Veronica Dahlberg said.