#ice-protests

#ice-protests

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Dozens of protesters are blocking the two main entrances of the San Francisco ICE building Tuesday morning, according to the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. In a press release, the organization says the protesters are from Bay Area faith communities and are standing up against ICE arrests. Video shows the large protest outside the ICE building on Sansome Street in the Financial District. Protesters were seen chanting and holding signs, some reading "ICE out of California."

The ordinance has two components. First, it will require landlords who rent buildings used as detention centers to compensate residents and the city for actual costs incurred as a direct consequence of its tenants' actions. Those costs could include things like police overtime, traffic management, fire and emergency medical responses, and environmental remediation. The collected money will reimburse impacted community members, and the city's general fund.

hoping to build her large social media following into a platform to elected office. In September, she was in a viral video being tear-gassed and slammed to the ground by an ICE agent during protests outside an ICE facility in Broadview, a Chicago suburb. Earlier this month, Abughazaleh was again among protesters at the Broadview ICE facility and said that she was struck in the face with a baton by a police officer.

Things continued to escalate on Saturday, when federal agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars, including a woman with a semi-automatic gun who had posted online she wanted to f*ck up' ICE,' Fox's Bill Melugin reported. Soon after,White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called on the full power of the federal government to dismantle leftwing terrorism, saying it's the only remedy for what ails the United States.

A 35-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant, Bajun "Baji" Mavalwalla II, faces up to six years in prison for protesting against ICE deportations in what legal experts are calling a test case for the Trump administration's attempts to criminalize and punish dissent. Mavalwalla was arrested and charged with "conspiracy to impede or injure officers" after he was identified in a video taken at the protest and shared on Instagram.

"California may be first, but it clearly won't end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next." - Governor Gavin Newsom in response to Trump's military deployment.

Elected officials joined a mob in briefly overwhelming security and breaching the fence barrier after a bus was allowed through the entrance.

He is running for governor. No one cares. This gets him some publicity. It's going to be fascinating. And I know, in the Constitution, George Washington, our Founding Fathers definitely wanted to make sure illegal criminals, murderers and rapists got their rights, especially when they don't deserve them.

The decision to move Tuesday's meetings to Zoom was made "out of an abundance of caution," as public safety concerns arose after recent protests.