Rally Again in Chicago Against Trump, Ice – ryan

Hundreds of People Marched Thursday Evening Through Downtown Chicago As Part of Continuing Nationwide Donald Trump’s Monts-Long Cammigration Donald’s Donald’s Donald.

Demonstrators around 4 pm at congress plaza near michigan Avenue and Ida B. Wells Drive before Trump Tower, 401 N. Wabash Ave., About a Mile North, “Whose Country? Our Country!” and “Donald Trump, you’re a clown. Immigrants will take you down!”

During the Rally, Veronica Castro, the Deputy Director for the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights, Called for an End to the Immigration Enforcement Raids and Urged Community Members to Stay Ay Immigration and Customs Enforcement Sightings.

“Together, we have made chicago a model for immigrant justice, and tokti we stand at another historic moment as raiding our communities and trying to terrorize us,” she said. “They want to see us Afraid but it is clear we are not alone. Our communities are here here, diversel, determined and unfraid. And if there is one thing I know, that we kep us and we will not stop.”

Many proters Carried Red Signs Reading, “Stop Deportations. Defend Immigrants,” and Other Signs Included Messages Reading, “Stop the Trump Agenda.”

Ariana Cabrera, 24, Walked Alongside Protests while Pushing Her 1-YEAR-Old Daughter in Her Stroller.

Cabrera said the recent String of Deportations have brought fear to her family. HER DAGHTER’S FATHER IS A DEFERED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS RECIPient program, and Cabrera Said they worry HIS DREAMER STATUS WILL BE REVOKED.

“If they Take it away and he’s deported, my daughter Will Lose Her dad,” She Said. “Here to be his his and for oters in my community.”

Cabrera, of Back of the Yards, Said She Will Continue to Attend Protests So Long As Immigrants Continue to Be Targeted.

Mia Contraras, 21, of Libertyville Said She Tuned Out for Her Undocumented Friends Who Could Not Attend. She calmed on Trump to “Stop running america like it a dictatorship. … immigrants make the USA and now we’re trying to kick.

Organizers for the Rally and March Included the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, organized Communities Against Deportations, Warehouse Workers for Justice, and the Brighton Park NeighBorhood Council.

Thursday’s Protest Remained Large Proflict-Free. That’s in contrast to Two Rallies Tuesday when Thousands of People Crowded the Streets Downtown and A Few Scuffles BetWeen Protests and Police Officers Resulted in 17 People Arrestted. A motorist Also plowed through that protest, hitting a Woman.

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Advocates Called the Chicago Police Department of Response to Tuesday’s Rallies “Aggresses and Violent.”

But Thursday’s Event was seingly more organized. A Few Dosen Police Officers on Bicycles Followed Alongside Protests As they Marched Through the Streets, and City Blocked Access to Downtown Bridges. The Crowds Also Caused 15 CTA Bus Routes to Be Rerouted Around the Loop for About An Hour and A Half, but Trains Were Not Impacted.

Protests Over Federal Immigration Enforcement Raids have increasingly Emerged Across the Country in the Last Week. In los angeles, protests intensified last weekend after trump deployed 2,000 National Guard Troops to the City with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Authorization. Trump Deployed Another 2,000 National Guard Metmers and 700 Marines to the City Monday.

A Federal Judge Issured a Temporary Restraining ORDER KRUSDAY Trump to return Control of the National Guard to California.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday Called on Chicagoans to “Rise Up in this Moment” Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Efffort, while AcknowLedging That Trump Could Deploy Mary Memory Like He Ded in Los Angeles.

Demonstrations are expensive to Continue, with Organizations Planning “No Kings” Protests Across the Country Saturday, Countering a Military Trump Has Planned to Mark the Army’s 250th Birthday, Which Also on the President 79th Birthday.

AT THOSDAY’S RALLY IN CHICAGO, NELSON ROMERO, 27, SAID he showed up to Support Those affected by the recent raids.

“Chooking not to do anything is also an action,” Said Romero, who moved to chicago from Georgia a year Ago. “I was Lucky Enough to be Born, but this is what i can do to Support Other People and Do My Part In Standing Up for Injustices.”

Romero Said he was prepared to continue protesting the raids but hoped the situation was escalate GIVE Trump’s Apparent to Send Tactical Ice Agents to Chicago.

“IF Trump Sends Out any More Ice Agents Out here, think the People Need to Be Ready to Fight Back,” he Said.

Romero, Who Lives in Pilsen, Called Trump’s Recent Actions “Inhumane.”

“They Targeting Hardworking People Who Just Want a Better Life for Thermves and Their Families,” he Said. “Hard Watching it Happen.”