The demonstrators challenge Chicago in the face of Trump’s threats to deport

Several thousand demonstrators walked through the Trump tower when the sun began in the center of Chicago on Saturday, protesting the threats of US President Donald Trump to flood the city with immigration agents.

The protest came after fears of increasing deportation operations in a celebration of a noble Mexican independence day, as Trump indicated his intention to intensify the enforcement of immigration on social media.

In a social media post depicting himself as an American military officer from the movie “Apocalypse Now”, Trump wrote, “I love the smell of deportation in the morning, above a picture of the president in a uniform against Flames and Chicago’s Skyline.

For many demonstrators, I felt personal threats.

Tryssi Quinnes, 50, said that her father, who died recently, came to the United States from Guatemala as a refugee. “I am here for him,” she said. “They are not criminals who are removed from the street. They are the families that have been dismantled.”

“They really chose the wrong city,” Kenoniz, who was like many other demonstrators, waved blue and red stars in Chicago, told Reuters.

The demonstrators also opposed Trump’s threats to deploy the National Guard forces to combat crime in Chicago, which will be unusual efforts to receive militarization, the third largest city in the country. On Wednesday, however, Vice President JD Vance said that “there are no immediate plans” to send the National Guard to Chicago.

Trump, a Republican, mobilized the forces in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, cities, such as Chicago, run by democratic politicians.

Big Devlin, 76, said on Saturday that she was going against what he called the rise of fascism, who said her mother had fled in Europe.

“I haven’t taught what my mother lived in German, I will not sit and watch that happens here,” Devlin said.

Lisa Matoska, 39, went on the way with her young two children because she said: “I think they need to see that if there is something that you do not agree with and you are angry at that, the physical presence is a good way to show it.” It also praised the event organizers for its safety.

Elsewhere in the city, the deportation threat had a chilling effect in a festive month, with many Mexican Independence Day celebrations throughout Chicago.

It has become a procession to celebrate the vacation in the Mexican neighborhood of Pilson, calmly and nervous.

At a break from traditional celebrations, the rounded folkloric dancers played in sparkle jewelry and promotion, and distributed multi -colored dresses “Learn your rights” into scattered crowds.

Horses wore the colors of the flag of Mexico in their tails, while their passengers wore the orange yellows of their necks in the case of a warning to alert those present to the enforcement agents of migration and customs. Along the margin, volunteers also keep watching ice.

“This place is usually crowded,” said Eddie Chavez, a resident of Bilsen, while he was waving a Mexican flag in a single row of garden chairs along the show. “Now empty, like the ghost town.”

Illinois governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat and voice critic, told Trump on Tuesday that I believe that ICE raids will coincide with the Mexican Independence Day festivals to be held this week and at the end of next week. Some Mexican festivals were postponed in the Chicago area or canceled amid fears of immigration raids.

“We are afraid, but we are here,” said Isabelle Garcia, a dancer in a procession on Saturday. “We are Mexicans. We must celebrate, and will not prevent us.”

ICE did not respond to requests to comment on whether he had sent more agents to Chicago, and residents said they have not seen the enforcement of immigration yet.

In addition to Chicago, Trump suggested the possibility of deployment of democratic Baltimore forces in Maryland, as well as in the Republican state of Louisiana.

Last month, Trump deployed the National Guard forces in Washington, DC, saying that they would “re -establish law, order and public safety.” The Ministry of Justice data shows that the crime in the country’s capital reached its lowest level last year.

The president sent 4000 members of the National Guard and 700 from the actual US Navy to Los Angeles in June, against the Democratic Women of California.