Thousands of demonstrators gathered on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles against President Trump's approach to immigration and his aggressive deportation policy.
In Mexican and Salvadoranian and flags, the demonstrators gathered near the town hall shortly before noon. In the middle of horns and solidarity messages from passing drivers, they blocked the traffic. Demonstrators blew up a mixture of traditional and contemporary Mexican music from a loudspeaker, including “Por Mi Mexico” by Lefty Sm & Santa Fe Klan.
At 1 p.m. the number of demonstrators rose to several thousand, with some signs with the inscription “Do not bite the hand that she feeds” and draws because F … Ice “, an indication of the US immigration and customs authority.
Nailah Esparza, 18, said it was her first protest and she learned about Tikok videos about a week ago. She kept a sign in Spanish with the inscription: “No more ice attacks, no more fear, we want justice and a better world.”
“I decided that it was actually very important. That is why we decided to show support because of the youth,” said Esparza, who is a Mexican American. “We are very passionate about what we are here for.”
Another demonstrator, who only identified as a Rey from privacy, brought a sign with the inscription: “Trump eats Kaka. Take care of the Nazis. “He said he protested in his first term as President Trump's immigration policy.
“We thought we were ready with his administration,” said Rey, Mexican American. “And now we have to do that again.”
The protest was mostly peaceful, but things seemed to improve when the driver of a silver Mustang made at the Donut intersection. Soon afterwards the police came on site when demonstrators went to the nearby highway 101, while hundreds of other overcrowded transitions, waved flags and signs.
President Trump promised the greatest deportation efforts in the history of US history and declared in office A in his first days “National Emergency” On the southern border there are troops and publish a dramatic series of executive regulations and other political changes with which the country's immigration system is to be redesigned.
Trump's instructions are severely restricting the legal processes for entering the United States, strengthening the enforcement efforts to seal the border between the USA and Mexico and to promote aggressive sweeps in order to illegally round and deport living people in the United States. Some of the orders have already been contested in court, and supporters said others could soon be.
In the United States, there are an estimated 11 to 15 million undocumented immigrants, including more than 2 million in California.
This includes people who illegally cross the border, people who have covered their visa and people who have requested asylum. It does not include people who have entered the country in various temporary humanitarian programs or who have received temporary protection status, which gives people the right to live and work temporarily in the USA due to disasters or disputes in their home countries.
The Times reporters Jessica Garrison and Rebecca Plevin contributed to this report.