Thousands of Cuban-Americans marched to the White House on Monday to demand the Biden administration intervene in the brutal crackdown of the communist regime.
The huge crowd joined a group of protesters who stayed overnight on Sunday and held a candlelit vigil in a bid to push the government to go beyond what has been considered 'meaningless' sanctions.
Demonstrators descended on the capital and planned to march from the White House to the Cuban Embassy demanding freedom for the island.
The group is marking the 26th of July Movement, a Cuban national holiday commemorating the 1953 attack when Fidel Castro led his first attempt to overthrow then-Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Now the protesters are attacking the regime, saying it is no longer their day. Cuban residents have had access to the internet blocked during the demonstrations and are facing beatings and arrests from soldiers.
Republicans, including Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Florida Senator Rick Scott joined the marchers, many of whom had driven in caravans from Florida to D.C.
'I'm 27 and I never thought I would live to see something like this,' Alex Perez, a Florida resident who came to the United States from Cuba seven years ago, told the Miami Herald as he joined the protest in Washington,D.C.
'We need to make sure there's pressure for people who didn't have to go through what I went through to know what's going on in Cuba,' he added.
Miami Republican Representative Maria Elvira Salazar joined the candle and cellphone light vigil on Sunday night. More elected officials are expected to join protests on Monday.
More arrived in D.C. in the early morning hours of Monday and immediately headed to the White HOuse to join the protest.
Thousands of Cuban-Americans marched to the White House on Monday to demand the Biden administration intervene in the brutal crackdown of the communist regime
The huge crowd joined a group of protesters who stayed overnight on Sunday and held a candlelit vigil in a bid to push the government to go beyond what has been considered 'meaningless' sanctions
The demonstrators took over the roads surrounding the White House on Monday to demand more from Biden
The Cuban-Americans are reacting to the biggest crackdown on people in their home country in decades
Cuban activist participate in a Cuban freedom rally near the White House on Monday
Tearful protesters joined the crowd as they demanded freedom for the Cuban people
The group planned a human rights march from the White House to the Cuban Embassy
Republicans, including Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw (left) and Florida Senator Rick Scott joined the marchers
Anti-Cuban government protesters held a candlelight vigil outside the White House overnight to mark the 26th of July Movement as thousands showed up in Washington D.C. over the weekend to demand President Joe Biden take action in Cuba
Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (pictured center) joined the protests on Sunday and more elected officials are expected to join on Monday
Protesters holding Cuban and American flags held demonstrations into the night in front of the White House, which is lit up red, white and blue to celebrate the U.S. Olympic Team
A demonstrator dressed in the military outfit of Fidel Castro points a wooden stick with fake blood on it at a fellow protester
Two protesters on Sunday engage in a dramatic demonstration of the violence between the Cuban people and it's socialist government, which broke out earlier this month
At least 18 buses left from Miami over the weekend and more caravans from Tampa and Texas are on the way. A group is pictured in front of a White House fence on Sunday
The protests come as Cuban-Americans claim Biden isn't doing enough to push back against the island's socialist regime violently
