Thousands of people marched through the main cities of the United States on Saturday against the immigration policy of the Donald Trump administration, following the death of an American woman who was shot by an agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob Frey, who assured that "the majority of people have behaved well" in the protests, claimed that Minneapolis is a "safe city" and will not respond to Trump with more "chaos." "We believe in diversity and our immigrant neighbors, which is why people are rising up," said Joyce in Minneapolis, regarding the country's response. "We want them to leave and for justice to be done," declared the first. In New York, the demonstration brought together condemnation for the attacks by federal agents with rejection of Trump's expansionist policy and deaths in the framework of the campaign against drugs in the Caribbean. Peaceful protests. The gatherings in the main cities took place in an orderly manner and without significant incidents. "The presence of ICE in the city is making the streets less safe," the organizers stated. On its fourth consecutive day of protests over the incident, the city's neighbors took to the streets carrying images of the victim, anti-Trump banners, and signs demanding the cessation of federal agents' operations in the city. "This is solidarity, because decent people believe in human beings," said one of the participants. In the front row of the demonstration, 16-year-old Ayanna and 17-year-old Maggie, students from a school a few meters from the scene, denounced "the injustice" of Good's death and called for "justice for their immigrant neighbors." "No to kings!" Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged on Saturday for peaceful protests and "not to bite the bait" of Trump, stating that he wants "agitators to take over the crowd so that they can injure others or damage property." "We want justice and we want respect." "They have invaded our city," they shouted at the Minneapolis gathering, where a crowd gathered in a park near where the agent, identified as Jonathan Ross, shot 37-year-old Renee Good during a raid. "We are here to protest the abuse of human rights that this government is doing, the inhumane treatment it gives to people, and the murder of Renee Good," EFE was told by Kelly Joyce, a 65-year-old Minneapolis resident. "We are not criminals." The call, organized hours after the incident became known, was further reinforced after on Thursday, just one day after the event in Minneapolis, two Venezuelans were injured after being shot by another federal agent in Portland, Oregon. More than a thousand rallies. In addition to the gathering in Minneapolis, there are over a thousand protests called across the country under the slogan "ICE out for Good," which can be translated as "ICE out forever," in honor of the victim. "No to ICE!" The Department of Homeland Security warned on Saturday against aggressions against agents at the events: "A reminder, if you put a finger on an officer or federal agent, you will face the full weight of the law." Tensions between the Trump government and city and state authorities have only grown after the FBI vetoed access to the evidence to Minnesota state agencies, according to the city's mayor and governor, Tim Walz. In Washington, a group of people gathered in front of the White House to demand an end to attacks on immigrants and condemn the violence produced in recent days by federal agents. "ICE kills. The color of our skin or that we speak Spanish does not mean that we are criminals," stated Daniel, 45, a city resident of Mexican origin. "They are fascists. They are murderers."
Thousands protest against Trump's policy after woman's death in Minneapolis
Thousands marched in major US cities on Saturday against the Trump administration's immigration policy following the death of an American woman shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Protests under the "ICE out for Good" slogan united condemnation of federal agent violence and calls for justice.