Protesters railing in opposition to ICE raids took over the foyer of Manhattan’s Trump Tower Monday, with police making no less than 24 arrests.
The protesters, anticipated to be charged with trespassing, began gathering round midday contained in the famed Fifth Ave. tower, police mentioned. There aren’t believed to be any accidents.
The protest got here because the Trump administration controversially has despatched Nationwide Guard troops to Los Angeles, the place protesters have been clashing with legislation enforcement over stepped up ICE raids for a number of days.
A bigger protest is deliberate for later within the afternoon outdoors 26 Federal Plaza in Decrease Manhattan, the place ICE detainees are being held.