Republicans are optimistic that the protests being held by left-wing activists outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Chicago and Portland will do more to drum up support for the Trump administration than Democrats’ progressive agenda.

Anti-ICE protesters clash with police in downtown Chicago :: June 10, 2025 :: Some protesters were detained after dozens attempted to break through police lines :: Chicago, Illinois Dozens of protesters attempted to break through police lines in central Chicago.

Dozens of people gathered outside the ICE facility in Burlington, Massachusetts, for a 14-hour protest that called attention to the agency's actions against migrants.

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson announced Monday that the village is shrinking designated protest zones outside its ICE facility following a chaotic weekend demonstration that led to 15 arrests.

As the Trump administration floods social media with “propaganda” videos, and MAGA personalities flock to Portland and Chicago in search of a “rebellion,” local residents are responding with… chicken suits and jokes.

ICE agents, aided by Ambridge police, the Beaver County Sheriff’s office and at least one Pennsylvania State Police officer, arrested individuals across town over the course of several hours the night of July 31. Observers and response volunteers crowded outside the police station.

We need to tell ICE our message that their surveillance will not slow us down. It will not stop us. It will only bring us out stronger,” one organizer said.

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago drew widespread outcry.