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More than 300 demonstrations are expected to take place across all 50 states and Washington DC, today, in what organizers are calling “ICE Out of Everywhere”.

Organizers, led by the national grassroots organization 50501, say today’s protests are a response to a series of recent deaths involving federal immigration agents, including the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this month, the homicide of Geraldo Campos in an immigration detention facility in Texas and the shooting of Keith Porter Jr by an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Los Angeles.

Activists said the killings reflect what they see as a broader pattern of excessive force, detention abuses and the militarization of immigration enforcement.

“The national day of action is about fighting back against the escalations that the Trump administration has taken against the American people over the past year,” said Hunter Dunn, a national press coordinator for 50501 and organizer in southern California. “Reports about the killings of Porter and Campos, the ones not captured on camera, and so many others have pierced the veil for many people who until now were unaware of how bad things had gotten.”

Among the demonstrations are vigils for people killed and detained by ICE, overpass banner actions, sidewalk protests, marches and community training sessions to help people learn how to observe ICE and pressure elected officials to take action against Trump’s immigration crackdown.

In major cities and small towns from California to Maine, protests are expected outside ICE detention centers, ICE field offices and congressional district offices. Demonstrators are also expected to gather at airports to protest airlines, including Global Crossing Airlines, that transport people as part of federal deportations.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/anti-ice-protests-weekend

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