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LIVE: Seattle braces for more 'No Kings' protests on Saturday
The Brief "No Kings" demonstrations against the Trump administration are planned throughout the U.S. for Saturday, June 14. The nationwide day of protests coincides with Trump's military parade in D.C. and his birthday. Seattle's protests are set for the University of Washington's Red Square and Cal Anderson Park, with the mayor urging peaceful conduct. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is urging peaceful protests in Seattle, saying violence is what Trump wants to "spin his false narrative" about the city. SEATTLE - Protests against President Donald Trump's administration are set for Saturday in hundreds of cities across the U.S., including several in Seattle and Washington state. What we know The "No Kings" demonstration is a nationwide day of protests challenging what organizers call "authoritarian excesses and corruption" by the Trump administration. The demonstrations emphasize that "in America, we don't put up with would-be kings," highlighting concerns over crackdowns on free speech and defiance of the courts. On Saturday, June 14, scheduled rallies will also coincide with Trump's birthday — and will run counter to Trump's military parade planned in Washington, D.C. Local perspective In Seattle, two separate rallies are set from noon-3 p.m. A protest will take place at the University of Washington's Red Square. A second protest is planned at Cal Anderson Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell urged protesters to remain peaceful, warning that violence and property damage would reinforce a narrative President Donald Trump could use to misrepresent the city. Below are live updates of the "No Kings" rallies on Saturday, June 14 in Seattle and other cities in Washington state: Similar to Seattle's protests, there will be demonstrations in Everett, Tacoma, Olympia and all across the state, including Vancouver and Spokane. The Source Information in this story comes from the Associated Press, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, "NO KINGS" demonstration organizers and original reporting from FOX 13 Seattle. Travis Decker manhunt: 'Remote' areas of 5 WA counties told to lock doors Former Army squadmate shares insight into Travis Decker's military past Miles Hudson found guilty on 2 counts of reckless driving in Seattle Key figures from Bryan Kohberger's youth summoned to Idaho for student murders trial Rochester dog training facility owner accused of killing employee during video shoot To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter. Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.
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13-06-2025
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ICE protests descend into mashup of left-wing rally cries as Gaza and police brutality chants drown out immigration
Protests against immigration raids conducted by the Trump administration have morphed into demonstrations against a variety of left-wing causes, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza and police brutality in the U.S. At a 'March to Defend Immigrant Rights' protest in St. Louis on Wednesday, participants turned to the outcry following an infamous police brutality case in 2014, chanting, 'From Ferguson to Palestine, occupation is a crime,' according to The New York Times. In Chicago this week, chants could be heard at a protest taking aim at U.S. immigration policy as well as the war in Gaza: 'From Palestine to Mexico, these border walls have got to go!' The left has long worked under the notion that all oppressed people are connected, which means protests are often large but also lack a coherent message. Labor groups have been leading the charge this week to bring protests into the streets. Numerous protests, including those in Los Angeles, have primarily focused on immigration raids conducted at workplaces. However, other protests have focused on a wide variety of causes and concerns. The earlier protests have been coordinated by major groups such as MoveOn and Indivisible. Those groups have worked to keep the focus on issues such as Medicaid and Social Security cuts, the influence of billionaires, as well as immigration policies. However, this week, protests also included issues such as racial justice, Palestinian rights, and socialist policies. The largest individual union in the U.S., the National Education Association, took action when the protests began in Los Angeles. Other groups that have taken on leadership roles include local chapters of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. They have worked with local leftist groups to share information about demonstrations all over the country. Supporters of Palestinian rights have appeared at protests in several places, including Chicago and New York. As the march in St. Louis came to an end on Wednesday, several groups attempted to garner support for queer rights, Black Lives Matter, and for tornado victims. The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Voices for Palestine Network, Black Men Build St. Louis, and the Ecosocialist Green Party all took to social media to promote the march in St. Louis, according to The Times. 'St. Louis is a small city, and a lot of the people that care about organizing for human rights tend to all work loosely with each other through an unofficial coalition,' activist Kaitlyn Killgo told the paper. Democrats have discussed the possibility, following their losses in 2024, that treating all issues as equally vital may have damaged their appeal. The executive director of the low-income and immigrant advocacy group Mission Action, Laura Valdez, called the ICE arrest of a Los Angeles labor leader 'a four-alarm fire.' Following the Friday video of the detention of the labor leader, Mission Action was taking part in protests by Monday, which was a reaction to the Trump administration's immigration raids. Left-leaning groups could quickly gather people to protest, as they had been protesting Trump's policies for most of the year. 'Emergency protest: solidarity with LA! We'll see y'all tomorrow at the state capitol to say 'ICE out of our cities! Stop the deportations!'' the Austin, Texas chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation wrote on social media on Monday. Similarly, also on Monday, the New York workers' rights group the People's Forum, told supporters there would be a protest on Tuesday backing Los Angeles. 'We refuse to be silenced! The people of New York City demand ICE get out of our communities, stop the deportations, and stop the raids,' they said. Leaders of progressive groups often speak to each other several times a day about how the Trump administration's policies impact their communities. Such groups have also taken steps to educate immigrants, students, educators, and religious leaders about their rights as well as provide legal help and mutual aid. The network reacted swiftly after ICE agents started going into workplaces in Los Angeles last week. 'We could see that the government had decided it would be more effective to apprehend hundreds of people through workplace enforcement rather than having several agents try to go after one person at a time,' said Valdez. This comes as widespread protests have been planned for Saturday across the country, coinciding with the military parade in Washington, D.C.
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12-06-2025
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Colorado put on notice by military deployment against civilians
Poncho Espino, an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, speaks to the crowd during an anti-ICE protest at the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday. (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline) The threat that the Trump administration would illegally deploy military forces in Colorado to advance its authoritarian agenda has loomed over the state for months. Now that the president has ordered troops into action against protests in California that local authorities insist were already under control, Colorado is increasingly at risk of similar federal incursions. But while the likelihood of such escalation has gone up, the state appears no better prepared to do anything to stop it. Trump administration officials, including the president, have openly said since before the November election they would deploy military units for domestic law enforcement purposes, including immigration enforcement and against protesters. They weren't bluffing. In recent days, the administration deployed active duty Marines and thousands of California National Guard troops, against the will of the state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, in response to protests in Los Angeles. Protesters object to the escalating and cruel tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as part of a mass deportation program. Though some violence and vandalism has accompanied the protests, local authorities say they were mostly peaceful and that they can handle the situation without the help of war-trained fighters. But President Donald Trump appeared eager to pounce on this pretext. He used L.A. as a 'test case for what happens when the federal government moves in and takes the authority away from the state, or away from local government,' said Mayor Karen Bass. That means Colorado is on notice. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Trump during his campaign and in his second term in office often has singled out Colorado as a target for aggressive immigration enforcement. His administration has sued Colorado and Denver, alleging they have enacted unconstitutional 'sanctuary' policies for immigrants, and ICE has conducted multiple raids and other operations in the state. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who is commander-in-chief of the Colorado National Guard, in some instances has said he would not condone National Guard troops, from Colorado or another state, being used for immigration enforcement. Last month he said he would have 'deep reservations' about such a deployment, a statement that fell short of a refusal. This week a spokesperson for Polis told Newsline that 'the Governor has been clear that he would not support federal overreach to activate the National Guard outside of regular order.' But if his preparation for a possible showdown over military deployments in Colorado goes beyond statements, it's not public. In contrast, at least one other Democratic governor, Bob Ferguson in Washington, met with his state's National Guard commander to discuss the situation in L.A. and how leaders could respond to such abuses in their state. And Polis' posture on immigration abounds in contradiction. The Democrat has aligned himself with aspects of Trump's mass deportation efforts. A state official this month alleged in a lawsuit that Polis improperly directed the state Labor Department to release the personal information of sponsors of unaccompanied immigrant children to ICE. Polis too often lets his inner MAGA show, and that leaves Colorado residents with little confidence he'll effectively resist if Trump sics military forces against them. A memo that Trump issued Saturday federalizing thousands of National Guard members and authorizing use of the regular military around ICE operations does not limit its scope to L.A., and it covers any 'violence and disorder' that might 'threaten to continue.' ICE is preparing to escalate tactics, starting in five Democratically run locations — Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Northern Virginia and New York — MSNBC reported Tuesday. Newsom, in a defiant televised address Tuesday, warned, 'California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next.' U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, a Democratic resident of Centennial, who represents a district that includes the ICE detention center in Aurora, sounded a similar warning this week. 'The President's order doesn't even mention California, and authorizes the use of ANY personnel, in ANY location, for ANY length of time,' Crow wrote on social media. 'This is a dangerous slippery slope that should concern Americans everywhere.' Meanwhile, Republican state representative and Colorado governor candidate Scott Bottoms promises to deploy military units against fellow Coloradans if he's elected, and Trump sycophant U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Windsor has repeatedly cheered the domestic military deployments in California. Opposition to ICE in Colorado is growing. On Tuesday, protesters clashed briefly with Denver police, who fired chemical munitions to clear a street and arrested 17 people. The presence of military units almost certainly would have exacerbated the conflict. And Coloradans have little assurance state leaders would do much to preclude a military presence in the first place. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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12-06-2025
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Valley father detained by ICE while driving to work sparks protest for release
Around 100 people gathered in central Phoenix on June 8, 2025, at an event organized by the Phoenix chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation to call for the release of Joel Gutierrez, an undocumented man taken by ICE agents last week, and to protest Trump's immigration policies. Photo by Emily Holshouser | Arizona Mirror In the early hours of June 4, 48-year-old Joel Gutierrez was driving his coworker to a home they were renovating in Phoenix when their work van was stopped by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers. Agents pulled Gutierrez and his coworker out of the van and arrested them. ICE agents scattered Neatly stacked papers and a packed lunchbox throughout the car. Gutierrez was taken to the Central Arizona Florence Detention Center, where he remains today. His coworker was arrested, too. Both men are undocumented. On June 8, around 100 people gathered at University Park on Van Buren Street just west of downtown Phoenix at an event organized by the Phoenix chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation to call for Gutierrez's release and protest the Trump administration's sweeping and aggressive immigration policies. 'My dad is honestly the best person there is,' Gutierrez's daughter, Denise, 19, told the crowd. 'He is the sweetest, most understanding person, and he truly does not deserve to be where he is right now.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Gutierrez's detention comes at a time when the Trump administration has ordered ICE to boost deportation numbers by focusing their efforts on largely law-abiding immigrants, which has spurred a slew of workplace raids and targeting people seeking relief in immigration courts. During his campaign, President Trump promised to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, calling it the 'largest domestic deportation operation in American history.' The administration's plans have ramped up throughout the year, with a new plan taking shape in recent weeks to deport 'the worst first' in the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Since January, according to federal data, ICE has arrested over 26,000 people. The agency says 995 of those arrests have taken place in Phoenix. Across the country, ICE has carried out raids at workplaces and immigration courts. On June 7, a workplace raid at a Home Depot in the working-class Los Angeles enclave of Paramount set off a weekend of intense and chaotic protests. Trump has since seized operational control of the California National Guard and deployed 4,000 soldiers to the city, as well as several hundred U.S. Marines. Denise said that her father believes he was profiled because of his work van. Joel told his family later that he noticed ICE officers following him before he was stopped. 'He has one of those big white vans that you see everywhere, and they simply stopped him because they saw the van,' Denise said at the protest. 'They assumed that there's probably someone in there who doesn't have legal status.' Gutierrez unsuccessfully attempted to earn citizenship several times, but remained in the country with his family, Denise said. Joel came to the United States from Mexico with Denise's mother in 2000, when they were in their early 20s. They settled in Mesa to start a life. Joel and his wife had four children — two immigrated from Mexico, but two were born here and are United States citizens. Their youngest is a nine-year-old boy. 'My nine-year-old little brother and my dad are very close, because that's his only boy,' Denise said. 'They play soccer almost every day, and right now, this is a situation that we never thought we would have to live in.' The crowd marched from the park to the Arizona Capitol building, Phoenix Police Department cars and motorcycles lurking around every corner. The group eventually arrived back at the park. 'I'm just sick and tired of seeing my people be taken away for no reason,' said Marilyn Ramos, 24, as she marched with the crowd. 'I feel like, if they're really criminals, why are they going after people out at the workplace? … It's giving Hitler, and I don't like that.' As these raids ramp up in other cities including Miami, Chicago, and New York, local advocacy groups are concerned that Phoenix could be next. On Monday, several local groups announced that ICE raids were planned in Phoenix throughout the week, and warned immigrant communities to be on alert. 'Community organizations have received credible information that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may be conducting mass workplace raids in the Phoenix area this week,' Puente Arizona said in a written statement. 'Particularly targeting businesses that have previously been audited for employing undocumented workers.' In January, Trump signed an executive order that greatly expanded the expedited removal process, reviving a 2019 program that fast-tracked deportations for immigrants, oftentimes without any due process. In late May, ICE agents detained more than a dozen people outside the Phoenix immigration court across two days as part of the Trump administration's crackdown. Denise said on Sunday that Joel is being held in an overcrowded facility with poor treatment and little food. 'They're moving my dad to a different part of the facility because of how insanely crowded it is,' Denise told the Mirror on June 9. 'They don't get any time outside. It's really terrible, and that's what makes it really hard on my dad.' There is no publicly available data on the Florence facility's capacity and current population. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not answer emailed questions. Several of the rally-goers spoke about their personal experiences with immigration and expressed deep concern that Phoenix could be targeted. 'This system is barbaric, yet it is exactly how it's designed,' said Dania Duran, an organizer with PSL. 'Both Republicans and Democrats have demonized immigrants as a tool to incite fear in people and a tool to make themselves richer.' A GoFundMe for the family has raised over $5,000, which will go towards legal fees and paying bills that Joel was primarily responsible for. 'My sisters and I have been doing everything possible to kind of get our story out there, because this really is terrible, and it's not just happening to our family,' Denise said. 'It's happening all over the United States right now, to multiple families, people with different stories than ours.' Phoenix-area immigration advocacy groups were advising community members on Tuesday to avoid areas that may be targeted for deportations and to know their legal rights. 'We are asking people at risk of deportation to stay away from places where confirmed raids are happening and other high risk areas if they can,' said Casey Clowes, a spokesperson for the nonprofit advocacy group Progress Arizona in a written statement. 'We are calling on allies to report ICE activity to the Phoenix Hotline by calling or texting (480) 506-7437 and get trained in Migra Watch so you can safely and peacefully bear witness and document ICE's actions.' SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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11-06-2025
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'Stand up for immigrants': Iowans gather in solidarity with LA protests, rally against ICE
More than 100 people gathered in downtown Des Moines to show support for immigrants' rights as protesters more than 1,600 miles away in Los Angeles continue to rally against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's efforts to deport people without legal status. As protests in California entered their fifth day on Tuesday, June 10, demonstrations have sprung up in major cities around the country in at least a dozen cities that included San Francisco, New York, Washington, Boston, Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta. The Iowa chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation held a small protest at Cowles Commons to show solidarity for immigrants and rally against President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to quell protesters. "We're here to stand up for members of our community. For immigrants. For migrants. For refugees. For people with disabilities. For people on Medicaid. For seniors. For all the working class, because we are all under attack right now," said Jake Grobe, a community organizer who led the protest. "And Trump is trying to scapegoat immigrants and make them the enemy, calling them criminals." Immigration raids in Los Angeles on the afternoon of June 6 sparked a small protest. The next day, larger protests began in the town of Paramount, south of Los Angeles, linked to rumors of a possible immigration raid. Toward the evening on June 7, Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard members to the area. That night, protesters threw rocks, bottles, and fireworks at officers. Local police declared a small part of downtown Los Angeles an unlawful assembly area, and large numbers of protesters were cleared from the site. More: Curfew enacted for parts of downtown LA; Newsom seeks to limit Marine deployment: Updates Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for parts of downtown Los Angeles on June 10 following intense days of protests. Demonstrators allege the Trump administration's immigration enforcement has violated civil and human rights. The sweeping immigration efforts, a hallmark of Trump's second term, has also caught up people legally residing in the country and led to legal challenges. Protesters nationwide are expected to hold 'No Kings' rallies June 14, which coincide with Trump's 79th birthday and come one week after the president mobilized the National Guard in Los Angeles. Rallies, including in Des Moines, Ames and Iowa City, will precede a large-scale military parade in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. Back in Des Moines, Paulina Ocegueda drove with a friend from Ottumwa to the capital city to lend their support. For Ocegueda, the fight was personal. She said it took years for her parents, who originally came from Mexico, to become U.S. citizens. She said she is proud to be Mexican-American but that it is tough to "represent the American side right now." "I want to make sure that all of the immigrants, not just Mexicans but people from Colombia, people from Haiti, people from Burmese communities, be represented here today," she said. Des Moines resident Wendy Espinoza felt similarly. Espinoza, who attended the event with her two sisters, said they came to represent their parents, who came to the U.S. from Mexico for a better future. They wanted to "stick up for them" and for the many others "who don't have a voice," the 23-year-old said. The group chanted "Power to the people. No one is illegal," and "No justice, no peace. We want ICE off our streets." Des Moines police were present but the rally stayed peaceful. In the far back of the crowd, Julius De La Cruz, 24, stood next to his pregnant wife and listened to the speakers. De La Cruz of Des Moines said he is frustrated. "You got families that work their a-- off, and all they do is just work their a-- off for their family, for a better life, a future here, and then you get them taken away like that in the blink of an eye," he said, referring to masked ICE agents who have been seen on video arresting migrants outside of court hearings and at businesses. He hopes better for his child. "I don't want my kid to grow up and see all the hate," he said. "I grew up around people who just showed nothing but love and positivity, who never judge people, never judge a book by its cover. I don't want my kid to grow up around nothing but hate." USA Today and the Iowa City Press-Citizen contributed to this report. F. Amanda Tugade covers social justice issues for the Des Moines Register. Email her at ftugade@ or follow her on X @writefelissa. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Anti-ICE rally comes to Des Moines in solidarity with LA protests
