LA anti-ICE protests spread across country to Chicago, Dallas, New York City

As Los Angeles’ anti-ICE protests enter a fourth night, demonstrations have spread across California and now the country to cities including New York, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta.

At least 25 rallies and demonstrations, ranging in size, occurred between Monday and Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown, according to NBC News.

Following violent protests in Los Angeles since Friday, which have led to the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops by President Trump, protesters have gathered throughout California including in Huntington Park, Sacramento, Santa Ana and San Francisco.

Sixty people were arrested in San Francisco during a march Sunday after failing to respond to a dispersal order, according to NBC Bay Area. But anti-ICE protests are no longer confined to just California.

In Austin, Texas, an estimated 500 gathered at the Texas Capitol on Monday during a Los Angeles solidarity protest, according to The Daily Texan.

Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday morning on X over 12 protesters were arrested. 

“Between the Austin Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety, more than a dozen protesters were arrested in Austin," he wrote. "Peaceful protesting is legal. But once you cross the line, you will be arrested. FAFO.”

Monday evening in Dallas an anti-ICE demonstration was deemed “unlawful” by police and resulted in one arrest.

“I think it's important that Dallas rises proactively to stand in solidarity with L.A., make sure that ICE knows they're not welcome here either," Noemi Jimenez, a member of the advocacy group Vecinos Unidos, told CBS News.

In New York, more than 150 people demonstrated in an attempt to stop ongoing ICE immigration raids Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

"Outside a federal law enforcement building in New York City, more than 150 rioters erupted to interfere with ICE’s immigration enforcement operations. Thankfully, unlike in Los Angeles, the local police department quickly responded to the riots," DHS wrote on X.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ICE deportation efforts will continue despite national protests.

“A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down," she wrote Tuesday on X. "@ICEgov will continue to enforce the law.”