LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of individuals protesting mass deportations deliberate by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California on Sunday, together with in downtown Los Angeles the place demonstrators blocked a significant freeway for a number of hours.
Protesters gathered within the morning on LA’s historic Olvera Avenue, which dates to Spanish and Mexican rule, earlier than marching to Metropolis Corridor. They referred to as for immigration reform and carried banners with slogans like “No person is against the law.”
By the afternoon, marchers had blocked all lanes of U.S. 101, inflicting visitors to again up in each instructions and on floor streets. The demonstrators sat down in lanes, whereas a cordon of California Freeway Patrol officers stood by. It took greater than 5 hours for the freeway to totally reopen, CHP Lt. Matt Gutierrez stated Sunday night.
The CHP and the Los Angeles Police Division stated there have been no experiences of arrests.
To the east, lots of of individuals protested within the metropolis of Riverside. Passing motorists honked and yelled out in help of demonstrators waving flags at an intersection, the Southern California Information Group reported.
And in San Diego, lots of rallied close to town’s conference heart on Sunday.
In Texas, demonstrators gathered in downtown Dallas on Sunday in a pair of protests towards latest arrests by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Dallas police instructed The Related Press that roughly 1,600 individuals gathered between the 2 rallies.
Marchers carried Mexican and American flags and audio system expressed outrage concerning the rhetoric from Trump and his administration’s strikes to extend deportations.
Indicators held by the protesters included one which learn “Immigrants Make America Nice.”
