On a crisp fall Saturday in New York City, thousands of protesters flooded the streets of the city’s five boroughs to broadly denounce Trump administration policies — and specifically speak out against the administration’s violent crackdown on immigration.
The “No Kings” rally in New York City — one of more than 2,700 protests which took place in all 50 states — brought together more than 100,000 New Yorkers in a peaceful show of unity and resistance. Across the U.S., organizers say nearly 7 million people took part in the protests, making it one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history.
Against the backdrop of immigration crackdowns and military troop deployments in Democratic-led cities like Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Chicago, a number of protesters in Manhattan made signs which took aim at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — and their message was clear: ICE is not welcome here.
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New York City is home to approximately 3.1 million immigrants, making up nearly 40% of the city’s total population. “Everybody should be welcome here in New York City,” one protester told Documented. “That is what we’re marching for.”
