Crowds of protesters marched through downtown Los Angeles today, with several carrying signs urging the government to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US, APA reports citing CNN.
Organizers from the ’50501’ movement, short for 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement – in response to the Trump administration’s flurry of moves over its first 100 days, announced protests across the country, CNN previously reported.
May 1 marks May Day, which shares a date with International Workers’ Day and is often a day for protests and civil action for labor rights.
In New York City, the first May Day protest of the day was a mix of several different causes, with chants of “Free Palestine,” signs calling for the freedom of Mahmoud Khalil, and more typical worker rights signs like, “Trump: Hands Off Our Unions.”
Many signs also called for ICE to get “out of our communities,” and to stop the Trump administration’s emphasis on deportations.