Hundreds of protesters gathered in Portland as part of a demonstration on International Workers' Day, demanding the abolition of ICE, an agency dedicated to the deportation of undocumented migrants. Demonstrators reassembled in the night, breaking several windows of large corporate stores and other buildings.
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Around 100+ protesters in Portland gathered for a demonstration against the local ICE facility, setting fires and blocking the main doors to the facility to hamper the ability of law enforcement to be able to respond to the protest. Much of the front area was scorched, and graffiti was tagged all over the site.
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.
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.
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.
Dozens of protesters in New York marched through the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan to call for an end to ICE and kids in cages, demanding the immediate abolition of the 21st-century anti-immigration agency that continues to put children in overcrowded and unsanitary camps with very little access to basic services.
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.
Dozens of Portland protesters gathered for an indigenous-led march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Youth 93 mile run in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Demonstrators marched across the NE Portland bridge, singing indigenous chants, then dispersing after stopping at the Army Corp of Engineers office to demand that Biden respect native tribes' wishes to rid their lands of pipelines.
Dozens of protesters in Washington DC took part in the weekly FTP March, moving through a popular area of the city and being assaulted by MPD officers who bike-checked demonstrators several times. Although police harassed marchers several times, no confrontations escalated into arrests.
Around 100 protesters in Portland gathered for an Abolish ICE protest in front of the local ICE facility in the city's northeast, with many waving flags of the American Indigenous Movement. Police fired munitions and tear gas at protesters, forcing them to disperse before arrests were made.
Around 120 protesters in New York City marched to demand the abolition of ICE on the anniversary of the agency's murder of Erick Diaz-Cruz, who was unarmed and shot in the face through his hand. Demonstrators crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to the New York State Attorney General's office, where condemnations of the murder were given by speakers.
Dozens of protesters in Seattle gathered for a Black Lives Still Matter march, led by black abolitionists demanding the abolition of the SPD and ICE. Protesters sang chants against SPD, police, ICE, and prisons, blocking roads in order to disrupt activity as much as possible.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Washington D.C. for the weekly FTP march organized by the They/Them Collective, demanding justice for Xzavier Hill, a teenager killed by state police in Charlottesville on the 9th of January. The MPD harassed the demonstrators, trailing them in nearly equal numbers on bikes, before demonstrators dispersed mostly without issue.
Essential immigrant workers and their families marched to Times Square in New York to demand personal protective equipment (PPE) at all workplaces as well as a decent raise to $15 per hour or higher. Demonstrators carried white crosses to let everyone know that the group wasn't complete, holding Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio responsible for lack of precautions.