2025 United States protests against mass deportation

Several protests broke out against United States President Donald Trump's mass deportation of illegal immigrants following the start of his second presidential term on January 20, 2025.

After returning to office for his second term on January 23, 2025, United States President Donald Trump implemented several campaign promises regarding stricter immigration enforcement, leading to an uptick in ICE operations across major metropolitan areas.

[1] On January 23, high-profile ICE raids occurred in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Miami, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., detaining 538 illegal immigrants.

Participants gradually amassed into a crowd of several thousand as the protest progressed, with many carrying Mexican flags and banners with pro-immigration messages such as "Nobody is illegal" and "Viva Mexico".

[11] On February 1, around 1,000 protestors gathered on Buford Highway in metro Atlanta, blocking the roadway before being contained by Georgia State Patrol and Chamblee Police Department officers.

The event drew approximately 1,000 participants who gathered to protest the Trump administration's enhanced deportation efforts in the metro area, with many playing drums, chanting, and conducting organized calls through bullhorns.

Attendance quickly exceeded Charleston municipal law's 25-person threshold for un-permitted gatherings, with police reports indicating over 30 people present at the start.

[17] On January 26, concurrent public demonstrations drawings hundreds of protesters were held in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas during Trump's first week in office.

[1] On February 1, a demonstration organized by the Austin Party for Socialism and Liberation was held to protest the construction of a facility in Pflugerville, Texas, that was believed to be a future ICE operations center.

The protest was part of a nationwide series of demonstrations for immigrants' rights in response to recent ICE raids initiated by immigration-related orders by Donald Trump.