Protesters march from south side to downtown Milwaukee ahead of GOP town hall

MILWAUKEE -- Demonstrators protested outside of the CNN GOP town hall event in downtown Milwaukee on Tuesday evening, March 29th. A large group of protesters made its way from the city's south side to the Riverside Theater prior to the event.

Protesters assembled at the Voces de la Frontera office -- and marched to Wisconsin and Plankinton.

"It's awesome that there's so many people, you know?" Sam Singleton with Voces de la Frontera said.

Demonstrators said they would "drown out the hate" -- specifically the messages of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, calling these candidates anti-immigrant.

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"This country was founded on immigrants and we're here together to say 'we don't want Trump in office,'" Michelle Hernandez said.

Hernandez and her husband David marched together -- carrying flags from their home countries, standing against what they called an "anti-immigration" message being spread by Trump.

"We don't want him trying to separate families and building some big crazy wall," Hernandez said.

The protesters said they would stay peaceful, but that their message would be heard -- that the GOP presidential candidates are spreading a message of hate.

"We're going to take over the streets.  Hopefully they will know we are here for our message and we're not going to promote violence.  The police are on our side today," Nury Plascenca said.

Some of the protesters who demonstrated in Milwaukee on Tuesday evening also took part in a protest outside the Donald Trump rally in Janesville Tuesday afternoon.

The CNN GOP town hall event in Milwaukee began at 7:00 p.m. and lasted until 10:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Voces de la Frontera officials released this statement about the protest: