Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles continue to spread nationwide. While many have been peaceful, with marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, some protesters have clashed with police, leading to hundreds of arrests and the use of chemical irritants to disperse crowds.
Activists say they will hold even larger demonstrations in the coming days with “No Kings” events across the country on Saturday to coincide with Mr. Trump’s planned military parade through Washington, D.C.
Here’s a rundown on many of them:
Chicago
CBS News Chicago says city officials confirmed reports that President Trump is sending ICE tactical teams there — a move that precipitated the protests in Los Angeles. At a news conference Wednesday, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, the chief of staff to Mayor Brandon Johnson, said the city has received word that the tactical teams were given 48-hour notice to “stand by and be ready to deploy.”
“There will be tactical teams, mini-tanks, other tools they use in which they plan to do raids, as we saw in Los Angeles,” Pacione -Zayas said. The ICE tactical teams are expected to be sent to other Democratic cities as well, including New York, Philadelphia and Seattle, NBC News Chicago reports. CBS News has not confirmed the reports.
Los Angeles
A group of demonstrators who’d gathered outside the federal buildings in the city’s downtown marched out of the curfew zone just after it went into effect for a second night. A smaller crowd of people nearby was seen being taken into custody about 20 minutes after curfew, with the CBS News Los Angeles helicopter overhead.
Seattle
Police say a demonstration began with a peaceful march but officers intervened when some people set fire to a dumpster at an intersection late Wednesday night. As police waited for the Seattle Fire Department to arrive, some people “from the group confronted them, throwing bottles, rocks, and concrete chunks at them,” police said. “A protestor threw a large firework at officers, but no one was injured. Police issued dispersal orders and moved the crowd out of the area (and made) eight arrests for assault and obstruction.”
Seattle
Police say a demonstration began with a peaceful march but officers intervened when some people set fire to a dumpster at an intersection late Wednesday night. As police waited for the Seattle Fire Department to arrive, some people “from the group confronted them, throwing bottles, rocks, and concrete chunks at them,” police said. “A protestor threw a large firework at officers, but no one was injured. Police issued dispersal orders and moved the crowd out of the area (and made) eight arrests for assault and obstruction.”
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