Arrested migrants – fear is about: protests in the US are expanding

According to the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, for example, the crisis in Washington itself was activated. “A week ago everything was peaceful in Los Angeles,” Bass complained to journalists. “It started to be difficult on Friday when raids took place,” she explained. The approach of the immigration authority is the “cause of the problems”. This was “provoked by the White House”. She calls for a conversation with Trump. “I want him to understand the importance of what happens here”, combined on Wednesday at a press conference.

Trump won the presidential election last year with the promise to take action hard against the “invasion” of immigrants – in his opinion. “We will have a safe country,” announced the 78-year-old Wednesday for journalists on their way to a musical performance in Washington. If he had been “not”, Los Angeles would be “burned to the base”, the Republican claimed with a view to sending 700 marine fans and 4000 national guards against the will of the Californian governor Gavin Newsom, who in turn accused “dictatorial” behavior.

Spray with the police in Seattle
In the meantime, the protests against Trump’s immigration policy have already registered other American cities. In the Californian metropolis of millions, more than a thousand people gathered to protest on Wednesday (local time). In Seattle there were collisions with the police. Demonstrations were also reported from St. Louis, Raleigh, Manhattan, Indianapolis, Spokane and Denver.

A protest in the city center of Seattle was largely peaceful on Wednesday evening (local time), the police unveiled. However, individual participants had set fire to a waste container and thrown on police officers with fireworks, stones and bottles. There were eight arrests.

Hundreds of people near the town hall also gathered in the Texan San Antonio, where the Republican governor Greg Abbott used the National Guard of the State. Mayor Lisa Brown imposed on Wednesday evening in Spokane in the US state of Washington. According to the police, there were more than 30 arrests there.

Man packed in the parking lot of the church
In the meantime, the arrests of migrants apparently continued on Wednesday. A predecessor from the suburb Downey described the Omroep KTLA, five armed men traveling in cars with license plates from other American states, had packed a Spanish -speaking man in the parking lot of the church. When she confronted the men and asked for their ID cards, they would have refused the information.

National protests planned on Saturday
National protests are planned for Saturday under the motto “No Kings”. On the same day there is a large military parade in Washington official on the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the US Army, but at the same time on Trump’s 79th birthday. Trump threatened to meet all the protests on Tuesday during the parade with “very hard violence”.

“People feel so helpless”
Joe from Paramount, Greater Los Angeles Area, can understand the frustration of people in the United States. “Allegedly we are a free country and we have all these rights. But in reality you never know. People feel so helpless,” says the man. The sad thing is that here is an example to deal with people worldwide.

Only a few steps from him, on the other side of the street, is the gateway to the company park wide open. In the courtyard are soldiers with guns in the stop. They have been in the most part since Sunday morning – based on the president. According to the media, due to a local operational center for future raids. The reporter can take photos, says a friendly uniform. But please do not ask anything that he has to protect something. And what? The soldier laughs and is silent.