"Hundreds gathered Tuesday afternoon at Civic Center Plaza in downtown San Francisco to protest what organizers described as the administration's violent actions in Venezuela, harsh immigration enforcement and authoritarian rule. Karen Brooks came with more than a dozen members of her church, the First Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Francisco, each wearing a photo of a person who recently died in ICE custody around their necks."
"A recent poll of U.S. adults by The Economist and YouGov showed that 47% of respondents said they believed ICE was making Americans less safe, as opposed to 34% who said ICE made Americans safer. In a recent Quinnipiac University National poll, 53% of U.S. voters said they thought the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE officers in Minneapolis earlier this month was not justified, while 35% thought it was justified."
"Good's death led to surges in support and interest in rapid response and immigration enforcement legal observer training in the Bay Area. Francisco Herrera, the co-director of the Nuevo Sol Day Labor and Domestic Workers Center in San Francisco - which is co-organizing Tuesday's march - called the killing a "public execution," and a "deliberate attack to intimidate our communities right out of the workbook for dictators in Latin America.""
Hundreds gathered at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Jan. 20 to protest alleged violent actions in Venezuela, harsh immigration enforcement and authoritarian rule during the first year of President Donald Trump's second term. Church members wore photos of people who recently died in ICE custody. Polling by The Economist/YouGov and Quinnipiac shows substantial public concern about ICE, with 47% saying ICE makes Americans less safe and 53% saying the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE officers was not justified. Good's death spurred increased interest in rapid response and legal observer training. Organizers called the killing a 'public execution' and an intimidation tactic.
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