"Some attendees at the July 4 noise demo are now facing charges including "providing material support to terrorists" and multiple counts of "attempted murder," with FBI Director Kash Patel trumpeting unprecedented action against "Antifa-aligned anarchist violence extremists" days before President Trump signaled willingness to label Antifa a foreign terrorist organization. But before they found themselves on the front lines of Trump's crusade against anti-fascism, the future defendants thought they were going to attend a run-of-the-mill, if boisterous, protest."
"A 41-year-old transgender woman, Meagan had been out of work since her collapsed neck vertebrae forced her to leave her job at UPS. Autumn had little political experience save for volunteering for a local nonprofit and once marching in a Pride parade. But with the Trump administration conducting violent immigration raids across the country in service of Trump's mass deportation agenda, both Morris and Autumn Hill wanted to head to Alvarado for a "noise demo" outside the 700-bed Prairieland Detention Center."
On July 4, 2025, Meagan Morris and Autumn Hill left a shared Dallas home to join a noise demonstration outside the 700-bed Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado to show solidarity with detained immigrants. Noise demonstrations are loud, raucous actions meant to let those inside detention facilities know they are not forgotten and to disrupt the isolating logic of the carceral system. Organizers and participants expected a boisterous solidarity protest, but some attendees now face charges including providing material support to terrorists and multiple counts of attempted murder. Federal officials framed the actions as Antifa-aligned extremism while the administration signaled willingness to label Antifa a foreign terrorist organization.
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