National protests are bursting in the US due to immigration raids; Ice Performance stands for public recoil

Protests that emerged in Los Angeles about raids of immigration enforcement and encouraged President Donald Trump to mobilize troops and marines of the National Guard throughout the country, with more planned during the weekend.

From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, DC, Marchers have sung slogans, supported signs against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency and growl traffic via the city center and outside federal offices. Although many have been peaceful, some have resulted in collisions with law enforcement when officers made arrests and used chemically irritating substances to spread crowds.

In the coming days, activists are planning more and even larger demonstrations, with “No Kings” events throughout the country on Saturday to coincide with the planned military parade of Trump by Washington.

The Trump government said it would continue its program of raids and deportations despite the protests.

“ICE will continue to maintain the law”, “Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Name posted on social media on Tuesday.

A look at a few protests throughout the country: San Francisco gathered around 200 demonstrators on Tuesday outside the San Francisco Immigration Court after activists said that different arrests had been made.

That meeting came after protests on Sunday and Monday swollen to a few thousand demonstrators and saw more than 150 arrests with outbreaks of violence that include destroyed buildings, and damaged cars, police vehicles and buses. The police said that two officers had suffered non-lifferring injuries.

Most arrests were Sunday evening.

“Individuals are always free to exercise their first amendment rights in San Francisco, but violence, especially against SFPD officers, will never be tolerated,” the police of San Francisco have placed on social media.

The police described Monday’s Mars as ‘overwhelmingly peacefully’, but said: “Two small groups broke down and committed vandalism and other criminal actions.” Several people were held or arrested, the police said.

Seattle

About 50 people gathered on Tuesday outside the Immigration Court in the center of Seattle, singing with drums and kept plates up that said: “Merring them all; purchased ice cream” and “no for deportations”. Protesters started placing scooters for building inputs before the police arrived.

Mathieu Chadaud, with students for 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 are against ice in our community.” Legal proponents who normally attend the hearings of the Immigration Court as observers and offer support to immigrants were not allowed in the building. Guardians have also rejected the media. The hearings are normally open to the public.

New York City

A masses of people gathered in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday evening to protest against deportations and federal immigration policy.

Demonstrants gathered outside of two federal buildings that house immigration courts and began to march in the midst of a heavy police.

Some protesters kept signs with reading “Ice from New York” and others sang: “Why are you in rioting equipment? I see no riot here.” The New York City police said that several people were taken into custody. There were no immediate charges.

Chicago

People protest against federal immigration Sweeps in Chicago, Illinois, US June 10, 2025. Photocredit: Reuters/Octavio Jones

In Chicago a small audience gathered on Tuesday outside the Immigration Court in the center and called to an end to the immigration of the Trump administration and military presence in California.

“With the militarization of Los Angeles it is time to get out and to let Trump know that this is unacceptable,” said retired Gary Snyderman. “All this is so unconstitutional.” The group then marched through the streets in the center that drumming and singing: “No more deportations!” The demonstration had grown to at least a thousand demonstrators on Tuesday and remained relatively peaceful with limited involvement between the group and police officers.

Denver

A group of demonstrators gathered on Tuesday for the Capitol of Colorado State in Denver, creating a sea of ​​cardboard plates, one encouraging: “Show your faces. Ice cowards.” The group, inspired by the protests of Los Angeles in the last few days, split into two, marched two different passages and crowds of traffic.

Initially, a large presence on the police was not seen, but a few officers started blocking a street behind the Marchers.

Santa Ana

In Santa Ana near Los Angeles, armored vehicles blocked the road that led to the Civic Center on Tuesday morning, where federal immigration officers and countless city and provincial agencies have their offices.

Employees wiped plastic bottles and broken glass from Monday’s protests. Small shards of red, black and purple glass strewn on the sidewalk. Building in the neighborhood and the sidewalk were tagged with profane graffiti slogans against ice and had the name of Trump crossed. An employee rolled paint over graffiti on a wall to block it.

Officers of the National Guard who wore fatigue and wearing guns prevented people from entering the area unless they worked there.

While a small group has retained their demonstration on Tuesday, various counter -protectors showed up. A man wore a red T-shirt and made America great again while he exchanged words with the crowd against the raids.

Austin

Legal enforcement officers hold protesters during a meeting in solidarity with protests by Los Angeles against federal immigration sweeps, in Austin, Texas, US, 9 June 2025. | Photocredit: Reuters/Joel Angel Juarez

Four police officers in Austin were injured and authorities used chemical irritating substances to spread a crowd of several hundred protesters on Monday evening who houses an ice office between the state of Capitol and a federal building. State officials had closed the Capitol for the public an hour early in anticipation of the protest.

The Austin police used pepper spruit balls and the State Police used tear gas when demonstrators began to harm the federal building with spray paint. The protesters then started throwing stones, bottles and other objects at a police barricade, Austin said police chief Lisa Davis. Three officers were injured by “very large” rocks and another was injured while making an arrest, she said.

The Austin police arrested eight people and the State Police arrested five more. Davis said her department is prepared for Saturday’s planned protest in the city center.

“We support peaceful protest,” said Davis. “When that protest becomes violent, when it changes to throwing stones and bottles … they are not tolerated. Arrests will be made.” Dallas A protest that attracted hundreds to a meeting on a city bridge lasted a few hours on Monday evening before the Dallas police lasted an “illegal meeting” and warned people to leave or to undergo possible arrest.

The Dallas police initially placed on social media that officers would not disturb themselves with a “legal and peaceful meeting of individuals or groups that express their first amendment rights”. But officers came in later and the media reported that some of the crowds threw objects while officers used pepper spray and smoke to free up the area. At least one person was arrested.

“Peacefully protesting is legal,” Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican posted on X. “But as soon as you exceed the border, you will be arrested.”

Boston

Hundreds of people gathered on Monday in the Stadhuisplein of Boston to protest against the detent of trade union leader David Huerta on Friday during immigration -raids in Los Angeles.

Protesters holding signs with the text “Massachusetts is with our neighbors in Los Angeles” and “Protect our immigrant neighbors”, and shouted: “Come for one, come for everyone” and “Free David, free them all.” Huerta, President of Service Employees International Union California, was released later on Monday from the federal detention on USD 50,000 bond.

“An immigrant is not between an American employee and a good job, a billionaire does that,” said Chrissy Lynch, president of the Massachusetts AFT CIO.

Washington, DC

A man uses a megaphone while people participate in a demonstration as part of national protests in solidarity with Los Angeles protests against federal immigration sweeps, in Washington, DC, US, 10 June 2025. | Photocredit: Reuters/Nathan Howard

Various trade unions gathered in Washington on Monday to protest against the raids and to gather for the release of Huerta and marched past the building of the Ministry of Justice.

Among the demonstrators was the American Rep Pramila Jayapal, a democrat from the state of Washington.

“Enough of these massive ice racks that wipe up innocent people,” said Jayapal. “While we see that people exercise the constitutional rights to use their voices peacefully to speak out against this injustice, they are met with tear gas and rubber bullets.”

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Published on June 11, 2025