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    Friday, April 26, 2024

    Thousands protest Trump immigration policies in Chicago

    Thousands of people, including immigrants and their supporters, rally against President Trump's immigration policy, especially the detention of children, marching from Daley Plaza to the Chicago field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement,, Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Chicago. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune via AP)

    CHICAGO (AP) — Several thousand protesters have marched through downtown Chicago to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies, including planned sweeps in several American cities, including Chicago, over the weekend.

    The protesters at Saturday's march belted chants critical of President Donald Trump and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Many of them carried placards with messages including "No kids in cages" and "Abolish ICE."

    Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the protest was peaceful and that there were no arrests. He says there were an estimated 5,000 protesters at its peak.

    The protest came a day before the planned immigration roundups are expected to happen.

    Immigration demonstrations also have been held in other cities, including Phoenix, where dozens of protesters blocked a downtown street and disrupted light rail traffic Friday night. Police arrested 16 people in Phoenix, which is not expected to be among the cities where Sunday's immigration operations will take place.

    People attend a rally against immigration detention camps Friday, July 12, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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