Protests over federal immigration raids pop up across the U.S. with more planned

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 12, 2025 5:31 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 12

Protests implicit national migration enforcement raids and U.S. President Donald Trump's determination to mobilize the National Guard and Marines successful Los Angeles are spreading each implicit the U.S. and are expected to proceed into the weekend. 

While galore demonstrations against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau person been peaceful, with  marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs, others person led to clashes with police, hundreds of arrests and the usage of chemic irritants to disperse crowds. In Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott posted connected societal media that an unspecified fig of National Guard troops "will beryllium deployed to locations crossed the authorities to guarantee bid & order."

Activists accidental they volition clasp adjacent larger demonstrations successful the coming days, with "No Kings" events crossed the state connected Saturday to coincide with Trump's planned subject parade successful Washington, D.C. 

The Trump medication said migration raids and deportations volition proceed regardless. 

A look astatine immoderate protests crossed the country:

New York City

Police detained much than 80 radical during protests successful little Manhattan's Foley Square connected Tuesday evening and aboriginal Wednesday.

Protesters shouted and waved signs that included "ICE retired of NYC" arsenic they rallied adjacent an ICE installation and national courthouses. Police estimated immoderate 2,500 radical participated. Some protesters jumped implicit metallic barricades and clashed with officers who wrestled them to the ground. Video shows demonstrators throwing items astatine instrumentality enforcement vehicles.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said astir of the demonstrators were peaceful and that conscionable a fewer caused the upset that required constabulary intervention.

"We privation to support everyone's close to protestation peacefully successful this metropolis and successful this country, but we volition not tolerate chaos and upset oregon violence," Tisch said Wednesday greeting during an quality connected Fox 5 New York.

Police said they took 86 radical into custody, including 52 who were released with transgression tribunal summonses for insignificant crimes and 34 who were charged with assault, resisting apprehension and different crimes.

San Antonio

More than 400 radical gathered extracurricular of metropolis hallway Wednesday evening for an anti-ICE demonstration, according to section authorities. The protestation was mostly peaceful, with galore blasting euphony and immoderate handing retired water. Nearby streets were closed disconnected arsenic instrumentality enforcement officers watched from hundreds of feet away.

Dozens walked determination from the historical Alamo ngo aft constabulary closed disconnected the country earlier the protestation began. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus encouraged peaceful objection but said his officers would respond if "it turns violent."

Officers with the Texas Public Safety Department said the Texas National Guard was contiguous astatine the protest. Members were not seen lasting with instrumentality enforcement officers successful beforehand of a tiny assemblage of demonstrators.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declined to accidental however galore soldiers would beryllium sent oregon how, lone that they would beryllium deployed successful "strategic locations wherever they tin supply the astir robust response" necessary. He did not accidental whether helium oregon the president mobilized them.

"There are others extracurricular of this country who would similar to cognize that. And I'm not going to archer them," Abbott said. "We privation to marque definite that what has happened successful California does not hap successful Texas."

Mayor Ron Nirenberg said helium did not inquire the politician to deploy the National Guard troops and officials said they did not cognize however galore troops were being sent, wherever they would beryllium stationed oregon what they would do.

"I privation to admit the choler and vexation that's retired determination with the national government's crude interpretations of migration instrumentality and cruel attack to quality rights,' Nirenberg said. "Exercise your close to escaped speech, but I impulse you to support it lawful and peaceful."

Philadelphia

About 150 protesters gathered extracurricular the Federal Detention Centre on Tuesday day and marched to ICE office past backmost to the detention centre. 

Police ordered a radical marching on a large roadworthy to disperse and erstwhile they ignored the orders officers arrested 15 of them. Several officers utilized unit during the arrests and their behaviour volition beryllium reviewed, constabulary said, without detailing what benignant of unit was used. Two officers suffered insignificant injuries. 

San Francisco

About 200 protesters gathered extracurricular the San Francisco Immigration Court connected Tuesday aft activists said respective radical were arrested there. 

Protests successful the metropolis swelled to respective 1000 demonstrators Sunday and Monday, and much than 150 radical were arrested aft immoderate vandalized buildings and damaged cars, constabulary vehicles and buses. Police said 2 officers suffered non-life threatening injuries. 

Seattle

Hundreds of protesters marched done downtown Wednesday evening to a national gathering wherever migration cases are heard, with immoderate dragging a dumpster adjacent and mounting it connected fire.

The gathering was covered successful graffiti, with "Abolish ICE Now" written successful ample letters crossed its beforehand window. Some protesters moved electrical bikes and cones to artifact its entrance. 

Dozens of officers squared disconnected with protesters adjacent the national building, with immoderate shooting capsicum spray. Officers worked to determination the assemblage distant from the national building, with immoderate protesters throwing fireworks and rocks astatine officers, according to the Seattle Police Department.

Chicago

Police said 17 radical were arrested astatine a protestation that jammed a downtown plaza and took implicit surrounding streets Tuesday evening. 

Some of those arrested were accused of vandalism, and 4 were charged with felonies including aggravated artillery against an serviceman of the peace.

Also Tuesday, a 66-year-old pistillate was treated for a fractured limb aft being struck by a car. Video showed the conveyance speeding on a roadworthy filled with protesters. No different injuries were reported.

Denver

A radical of protesters gathered earlier the Colorado authorities capitol, creating a oversea of cardboard signs, 1 exhorting: "Show your faces. ICE cowards." The radical past divided successful half, with hundreds chanting and marching down 2 thoroughfares and crowding retired traffic.

Police ordered them to disperse. Officers utilized fume and capsicum balls to power the assemblage and 17 radical were arrested, Denver constabulary said Wednesday. 

Spokane

Mayor Lisa Brown imposed a downtown curfew aft a protestation Wednesday day extracurricular an ICE bureau successful Spokane, Washington.

The curfew volition tally from Wednesday astatine 9:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. Thursday, according to a connection released by the city. The curfew doesn't use to instrumentality enforcement, exigency personnel, media, radical leaving the shot crippled astatine a section sports facility, residents who unrecorded successful the country and radical traveling for work. 

Several protesters were detained extracurricular the ICE building, KXLY-TV reported.