Dozens of protesters in Portland gathered at the Portland Police Association building in the city's north, torching part of the building and burning the door. After riot police arrived on the scene, failing to make any arrests, demonstrators traveled to the ICE facility, also setting fires at the site before dispersing.
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Around 50 protesters in Portland gathered at the city's ICE facility in opposition to fascism and demand the abolition of the border patrol agency long marred with allegations of human rights abuses. Demonstrators lit a fire at the facility's gate, which was put out during confrontations with federal agents.
Hundreds of feminists marched in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, demanding justice for Victoria, a Guatemalan refugee who was murdered by police in Tulum via asphyxiation by putting their knee on her neck. Several windows were broken at the demonstration, and clashes with police occurred upon which most of the crowd dispersed.
Around 50 protesters in Portland gathered at the city's local ICE facility, demanding the abolition of the agency tasked with attacking and deporting undocumented migrants, as well as demanding the dismantling of the prison-industrial complex funding it.
Hundreds of protesters in Lansing gathered for the Michigan People’s March, marching down the Michigan Highway 99/S Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in support of Black Lives Matter, socialism, and anarchism. Demonstrators called for the fall of the prison-industrial complex, the American empire, and the abolition of ICE.
Hundreds of protesters in the Washington D.C. neighborhood of Chinatown marched against violence targeted at Asians following a mass shooting of massage parlors that led to the deaths of 6 Asian women and 2 others. Organizers called for the decriminalization of sex work, police abolition, and the end of US and western neocolonialism in Asia.
Around 75 protesters in Portland gathered at the Justice Center for a demonstration demanding the abolition of ICE, an agency created alongside DHS in 2001 to patrol the southern border, a task marred with allegations of human rights violations and atrocities committed.
Dozens of protesters in New York gathered at Chuck Schumer's apartment building in Brooklyn, demanding that the Democratic senator fulfill his promises to immigrants and the decriminalization of undocumented migration to the United States.
Hundreds of protesters in Liège gathered for a Black Lives Matter demonstration against racism perpetrated on African migrants in the country, which escalated into clashes with police who used water cannons and batons to attack the crowd which promptly began looting the area.
Around 400 protesters in Thessaloniki gathered in solidarity with refugees in Greece following the deaths of several undocumented immigrants who were homeless.
Around 300 protesters in Frankfurt marched after a 19-year-old Iraqi refugee died in a hospital after being arrested for possession of marijuana. While in custody, Qosay Sadam Khalaf "collapsed" in his cell and was taken to a hospital, where he ended up dying. Police attacked the demonstration, kicking and punching protesters without provocation.
Around 150 protesters took to the streets of Portland's Pearl District to demand the abolition of Immigration & Customs Enforcement, a widely hated agency in the United States due to its job of carrying out deportations. The local USCIS office was covered in graffiti, and a police car was smashed in before law enforcement arrived on the scene, arresting 2 people and attacking a journalist.
Over 20,000 protesters in Berlin marched after the first anniversary of the Hanau Massacre, in which 11 people were killed by a far-right winger. Demonstrators waved antifascist flags and carried banners against the extreme right, vowing never to allow the seeds of hatred to grow in Germany again.
Hundreds of antifascists took to the streets of Sofia to counter the annual Lukovmarch that took place in the capital of Bulgaria, in which fascists from across Europe commemorate the pro-Nazi general Lukov who served the monarchy of Bulgaria.
Dozens of Afghan refugees protested in the Ritsona refugee camp in Xirovrisi, northwest of Athens, demanding the confirmation and housing for all migrants in Greece fleeing war and terror in their home countries, from Afghanistan to Syria and beyond.