Protests for immigration raids appear in the United States with more planned
Austin, Texas (AP) – The protests that emerged in Los Angeles for the immigration application raids and took President Donald Trump to mobilize the Troops and Marines of the National Guard that have begun to spread throughout the country, with more planned weekend.
From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, DC, the protesters have sung slogans, they brought posters against the Immigration and Customs Control Agency and traffic growled through avenues of the center and federal offices outside. While many have been peaceful, some have resulted in clashes with the police, since the officers made arrests and used chemical irritants to disperse the crowds.
Activists are planning increasingly large manifestations in the next few days, with events of “No Reyes” throughout the country on Saturday to coincide with Trump’s planned military parade through Washington.
The Trump administration said it would continue its program of raids and deportations despite the protests.
“ICE will continue to enforce the law,” the National Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, published on social networks on Tuesday.
A look at some protests throughout the country:
Philadelphia
Some 150 protesters gathered outside the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon and marched to the ICE headquarters for speeches and then returned to the detention center, according to the Philadelphia Police.
Then, a group walked, what the police called main roads using bicycles to obstruct the officers, which led the police to issue several orders for people to disperse. Police said the protesters ignored orders and things intensified when the officers began to arrest the people.
Fifteen people were arrested, one for accusations of aggravated assault against the police and the rest for messy conduct, police said. Several officers used strength during arrests and their conduct will be reviewed, police said. Police did not specifically say what type of force was used. Two officers had minor injuries and were treated in a hospital. Two women who were arrested reported minor injuries and received medical attention, police said.
About 20 people remained peacefully gathered outside the detention center until Tuesday night, police said.
San Francisco
Some 200 protesters gathered outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Tuesday after the activists said several arrests were made there.
That meeting occurred after the protests on Sunday and Monday increased to several thousand protesters and saw more than 150 arrests with outbreaks of violence that included shattered buildings and damaged cars, police vehicles and buses. Police said two officers suffered wounds that are not threatening.
Most arrests were Sunday night.
“People are always free to exercise their rights of the first amendment in San Francisco, but violence, especially against SFPD officers, will never be tolerated,” San Francisco’s police published on social networks.
Police described Monday’s march as “overwhelmingly peaceful,” but said that “two small groups separated and committed vandalism and other criminal acts.” Several people were arrested or arrested, police said.
Seattle
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About 50 people gathered outside the immigration court in the center of Seattle on Tuesday, singing with drums and holding signs that said: “free them all; abolish the ice” and “not to deportations.” The protesters began to put scooters in front of the building’s tickets before the police arrived.
Mathieu Chabaud, with students from a democratic society at the University of Washington, said they were there in solidarity with the protesters of Los Angeles, “and to show that we oppose ice in our community.”
The legal defenders who normally attend the hearings of the Immigration Court as observers and to provide support to immigrants were not allowed inside the building. Security guards also rejected the media. Hearings are normally open to the public.
New York City
A mass of people gathered at Bajo Manhattan on Tuesday night to protest deportations and federal immigration policy.
The protesters gathered outside two federal buildings that house the immigration courts and began to march in the middle of a strong police presence.
Some protesters contained signs that said “Ice out of New York” and others sang: “Why are you in riot team? I don’t see any disturbance here.”
New York City Police said several people were arrested. There were no immediate positions.
Chicago
In Chicago, a small crowd met on Tuesday outside the Immigration Court in the center and requested an end of the Trump administration immigration sweeps and the military presence in California.
“With the militarization of Los Angeles, it is time to leave and make Trump know that this is unacceptable,” said retiree Gary Snyderman. “All this is so unconstitutional.”
Then, the group marched through the streets of the battery center and singing: “No more deportations! And” Trump must leave now. “A woman in a moment conducted a car quickly through the street full of protesters, which made them get out of their way.
The demonstration had grown to at least a thousand protesters on Tuesday night, remaining relatively peaceful with a limited commitment between the group and police officers.
Denver
A group of protesters gathered in front of the Capitol of the State of Colorado in Denver on Tuesday, creating a sea of cardboard signs, one exhorting: “Show their faces. Ice coward”.
The group, inspired by Los Angeles’s protests in recent days, was divided by half, marching by two different paths and displacing traffic.
Initially, a large police presence was not seen, but some officers began to block a street behind the protesters.
Santa Ana
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In Santa Ana, near Los Angeles, armored vehicles blocked the road on Tuesday morning that leads to the Civic Center, where federal immigration officers and numerous city and county agencies have their offices.
The workers swept plastic bottles and broken glass of Monday’s protests. Small fragments of red, black and purple glass covered the pavement. The nearby buildings and the sidewalk were labeled with profane graffiti slogans against the ice and had the name of Trump crossed out. A worker shot graffiti paint on a wall to block it.
The National Guard officers who use fatigue and transport rifles prevented people from entering the area unless they work there.
While a small group maintained its demonstration on Tuesday, several counterprotestors were presented. A man wore a red shirt and made the United States again a cap while exchanging words with the crowd opposing the raids.
San Antonio
San Antonio Chief of Police, William Mcmanus, confirmed that Texas Greg Abbot governor sent the members of the State National Guard to the city before the expected protests this week, said the assistant chief Jesse Salame Salame to The News.
“We have no additional detail about its implementation,” Salame said.
The soldiers were “waiting in areas where mass demonstrations are planned in case they are necessary,” said Abbott spokesman Andrew Mahaleris, Tuesday night.
Austin
Four Austin police officers were injured and the authorities used chemical irritants to disperse a multitude of several hundred protesters on Monday night that moved between the state capitol and a federal building that houses an ice office. The state officials had closed the Capitol to the public one hour before the anticipation of the protest.
Austin police used pepper spray balls and the State Police used tear gas when protesters began to try to disfigure the federal building with spray paint. Then, the protesters began throwing rocks, bottles and other objects in a police barricade, said Austin’s Chief of Police, Lisa Davis. Three officers were injured by “very large” rocks and another was injured while arrested, he said.
Austin police arrested eight people and the State Police arrested five more. Davis said his department is prepared for Saturday’s planned protest in the city center.
“We support the peaceful protest,” Davis said. “When that protest becomes violent, when it becomes throwing rocks and bottles … that will not be tolerated. Arrests will be made.”
Dallas
A protest that attracted hundreds of a rally on a bridge in the city lasted several hours on Monday night before the Dallas Police declared an “illegal assembly” and warned the people who left or faced a possible arrest.
Dallas police initially published on social networks that officers would not interfere with a “legal and peaceful assembly of individuals or groups that express their rights of the first amendment.” But the officers later moved and the media reported having seen some in the crowd throw objects while the officers used pimitor and smoke to clear the area. At least one person was arrested.
“The peaceful protest is legal”, the governor of Texas Greg Abbott, a Republican, published in X. “But once you cross the line, you will be arrested.”
Boston
Hundreds of people met Monday at the Boston City Council Plaza to protest the arrest of the leader of the David Huerta Union on Friday during the immigration raids in Los Angeles.
The protesters contained signs that said “Massachusetts meets our neighbors in Los Angeles” and “protect our immigrant neighbors,” and shouted: “Come for one, come to everyone” and “Free David, free to all.”
Huerta, president of Service Employee International Union California, was released from federal custody later on Monday with a bail of $ 50,000.
“An immigrant does not get between an American worker and a good job, a billionaire,” said Chrissy Lynch, president of the Massachusetts AFL-Ci-CiO.
Washington, DC
Several unions gathered Monday in Washington to protest the raids and the demonstration for the release of Huerta, and marched next to the Department of Justice.
Among the protesters was the American representative Pramila Jayapa, democrat of the state of Washington.
“Enough of these massive ice rates that are sweeping innocent people,” Jayapal said. “As we see people who exercise constitutional rights To peacefully use their voices to speak against this injustice, they find tear gas and rubber bullets. “
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The writers of News Martha Bellisle in Seattle, Sophia Tareen in Chicago, Leah Willingham in Boston, Michael Hill in New York, Jesse Bedayn in Denver and Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California, contributed.