More than 100 people gathered outside Dallas City Hall Tuesday evening — the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration — to protest violence involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers across the country.
A poster for the Dallas event said “A year of Trump 2.0: STOP ICE TERROR.”
Shortly after 6 p.m., attendees of all ages stood around the entrance to City Hall, repeating chants of “Donald Trump let’s be clear, immigrants are welcome here” and “Unite and fight for immigrant rights.”
Protests condemning ICE erupted in response to the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good on Jan. 7 during an immigration operation in Minnesota.
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The day after Good’s death, federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Oregon.
Tuesday’s rally follows another Dallas protest on Jan. 8, when more than 400 people joined organizers in demanding greater oversight for the agency.
“It could’ve been anyone,” Elise Damara with the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Oppression said of Good’s death.
Trump and others in his administration have characterized the shooting as an act of self-defense, suggesting Good used her vehicle as a weapon. But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said video of the incident shows the argument to be “garbage.”