NEW YORK: A number of thousand folks took to the streets of New York Metropolis on Tuesday (Jun 10) to protest the immigration policies of United States President Donald Trump, after a sequence of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sparked protests throughout the nation.
“No hate, no concern, immigrants are welcome right here,” chanted protesters who initially gathered at Foley Sq., a plaza in entrance of a courthouse the place a number of migrants had been detained by legislation enforcement on Friday.
Protesters marched into decrease Manhattan, many carrying indicators studying “ICE, out of New York” in reference to the federal immigration police whose raids to arrest undocumented immigrants have ramped up in latest weeks.
“I am right here to face up for individuals who do not have a voice to be right here in the intervening time, particularly for my mother,” one girl on the protest instructed AFP.
She requested anonymity, given her Mexican mom’s undocumented immigration standing.
“Actually, this nation would not be what it’s with out the immigrants. So I am right here for them,” she added.
One other protester named Jacqueline, a 23-year-old American girl with Mexican heritage, instructed AFP: “I am right here to defend my household … I concern for them now, and I do not need to reside in a society the place I am in concern for my household’s well being”.
The march in New York was extra peaceable than its counterpart in Los Angeles, the place ongoing demonstrations between protesters and police have spurred Trump to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines.
Protests like these in Los Angeles are “unacceptable and won’t be tolerated if tried in our metropolis,” stated New York mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday, who added that the New York Police Division was ready “to deal with any points which will come up, particularly after we are confronted with deep division in our society”.
Adams didn’t implement a Tuesday evening curfew in New York, in contrast to his counterpart in Los Angeles.
