Thousands of anti-Musk protestors swarm ICE's DC headquarters amid nationwide protests as carefree Trump golfs

Thousands of protestors swarmed ICE's Washington DC office amid nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump and DOGE caput Elon Musk.

The protesters formed a ringing of alloy astir the operation connected Saturday, decrying Trump's wide deportation policies following the detainment of doctoral pupil Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, from Tufts University.

It came arsenic hundreds of thousands of others took to the streets to protestation the, 'Trump-Musk billionaire takeover and the Republican battle connected our freedoms and our communities'.

Videos posted connected societal media showed demonstrators clutching Palestinian flags and signs that read, 'Let Gaza Live!' rallying astir the the Customs and Border Protection headquarters.

The president was acold from the enactment nevertheless and spent the time playing play astatine his Florida resort. 

Ozturk was detained by ICE agents portion walking down a suburban Boston thoroughfare connected March 25 and placed successful a detention halfway in Louisiana. 

The Department of Homeland Security said she and 2 different Palestinian students astatine Columbia University, Ranjani Srinivasani and Mahmoud Khalil, were detained due to the fact that of their 'support for Hamas'.

Their detentions person sparked outrage from civilian rights advocates and migration lawyers who assertion they were unlawfully detained.

On Saturday the students' supporters marched broadside by broadside members of astir 200 groups arsenic portion of the 'Hands Off!' demonstration.

The enactment said that astir 600,000 radical signed up to participate.

'Whether you're outraged by skyrocketing healthcare costs, occupation cuts, attacks connected privacy, oregon the gutting of indispensable services—this infinitesimal is for you. Whether you've been successful the combat for years oregon you're conscionable fed up and acceptable to instrumentality action—this infinitesimal is for you,' the organizer toolkit read. 

Britt Jocovich, a spokesperson for MoveOn, different progressive enactment starring the protests told the New York Times ahead of the protests, 'We request to bring successful caller people, and that's wherever Trump's policies are truthful consequential.'

Jocovich besides argued that 'reality has hit' otherwise during Trump's 2nd medication than it did successful his archetypal term.  

Leah Greenberg, the co-founder of Indivisible, told the Times that the march is intended to amusement the nationalist that economical attacks and attacks connected civilian rights are intertwined. 

'They are not antithetic things. They travel from an anti-democratic confederation taking implicit and attacking cardinal parts of our democracy.'

Representatives articulation the fight 

Representatives besides joined the protests amid calls from Democrat constituents for their enactment to contiguous a stronger beforehand against Trump and the Republicans. 

Texas Representative Al Green, who made headlines successful March aft helium was censured for shouting during Trump's code to Congress, spoke astatine the Washington DC demonstration. 

'You don't merit the bureau you hold,' Green said, addressing Trump. 

'You can't beryllium entrusted with liberty and justness for all. You can't beryllium entrusted with the authorities of the radical by the radical for the people. I'm coming for you,' helium concluded, arsenic reported by The Hill. 

Green attended the Washington rally wearing a garment that fittingly read, 'censured not silenced.' 

In New York, thousands were seen flooding 5th avenue with American flags, Ukrainian flags, and signs that pictured Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Trump captioned, 'Have you nary shame?' 

Protestors besides lined the Boston Common successful Massachusetts with signs that read, 'This is the authorities our founders warned america about,' and 'You can't spell hatred without reddish hat.'

Representative Maxwell Frost shared photos connected X astatine a Florida rally and captioned the post, 'Fight for freedom, prevention America.' 

 Georgia Representative Hank Johnson shared a video of himself connected X marching with protestors portion holding a motion that read, 'Hands Off!' 

California Representative Eric Swalwell took his speaking accidental astatine a DC rally to slam Trump for going connected a play travel amid tariff concerns. 

'So, to Donald Trump, I say, get your a** disconnected the play people and look the people,' helium taunted. 

The objection marks the archetypal monolithic protestation against Trump since the Women's March successful 2017. 

The Women's March included A-list stars similar Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Jane Fonda, and Cher. 

Trump connected defense 

Trump hasn't responded to the protests yet, but defended his tariff economical plan connected Truth Social connected Saturday greeting claiming, 'China has been deed overmuch harder than the USA, not adjacent close. 

'They, and galore different nations, person treated america unsustainably badly. We person been the dumb and helpless “whipping post,” but not immoderate longer.'

He went connected to accidental that his medication was starring an 'economic revolution' and that the extremity effect would beryllium 'historic.' 

Trump landed successful his Florida sanctuary connected Thursday, wherever helium attended a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament. 

On Saturday helium won the Senior Club Championship 2nd circular and is expected to vie successful Sunday's Championship round.