Hundreds peacefully protest immigration operations in downtown Fresno on Monday

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A defiant country successful downtown Fresno connected Monday arsenic protesters chanted, "Hey hey, ho ho! La Migra has to go!"

Hundreds rallied against the Trump administration.

The demonstrators expressed choler aft national agents conducted migration enforcement operations successful Los Angeles past Friday.

"ICE and the things that are going down nether the Trump authorities are inhumane," protester Jonathan Gardea said. "They're evil."

The protestation filled some sides of the sidewalk. It drew workers from adjacent buildings and elected officials from City Hall.

Councilmember Annalisa Perea spoke successful defence of labour person David Huerta, who was arrested Friday for protesting successful Los Angeles and was released connected enslaved connected Monday.

"I volition ever support idiosyncratic who is retired determination peacefully protesting," Perea said. "Everyone has a close to utilize their First Amendment speech, and truthful that's precisely what Mr. Huerta was doing."

President Trump has insisted that arrests and California National Guard troops are needed to halt the unit that exploded successful Los Angeles. But that determination has section protesters concerned.

"It's the governor's determination to telephone retired the National Guard," Catherine said. "There's perfectly nary crushed that they were called out. None."

In Fresno, determination were nary signs of violence, but instrumentality enforcement was inactive connected alert.

California Highway Patrol officers were connected the extortion of a parking structure. Protesters gestured toward them with their mediate fingers.

Across the street, U.S. Marshals peered down.

"We are peaceful people," Catherine said. "We are not convulsive people. We are radical that judge successful the regularisation of instrumentality and successful the Constitution."

It each unfolded astatine the national courthouse. It was a justice wrong who, conscionable weeks ago, stepped in, barring the Trump medication from arresting undocumented immigrants without a warrant.

"I don't uncertainty that they are going to travel here," Gardea said. "I deliberation that the radical of Fresno -- the moving people of Fresno, we are strong, and we volition resist."

Organizers of Monday's protestation program to show again connected Saturday.

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