LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As thousands of protesters demonstrating against President’s Trump mass deportation and immigration policies clogged the streets and 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles Sunday, smaller protests erupted in several cities across Southern California and the United States.
In Ventura County, what appears to be at least a few hundred protestors in Moorpark gathered on a corner of Los Angeles Avenue.
Another large crowd in Riverside County gathered at the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Tyler Street in Riverside to show their support for immigrants, with woman carrying a sign that read “Fight ignorance NOT immigrants.”
“We’re here standing in solidarity with immigrants, with the undocumented community, with our friends, family, neighbors, the folks who helped build this country and make this community run,” one Riverside protester told a KNN News photojournalist. “Donald Trump and his far-right billionaires’ agenda have been attacking undocumented immigrants. We’re saying no to that.”
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Protesters demonstrating against Trump’s immigration policies seen in Riverside on Feb. 2, 2025. (KNN News) -
Protesters demonstrating against Trump’s immigration policies seen in Riverside on Feb. 2, 2025. (KNN News) -
Protesters demonstrating against Trump’s immigration policies seen in Riverside on Feb. 2, 2025. (KNN News) -
Protesters demonstrating against Trump’s immigration policies seen in Moorpark on Feb. 2, 2025. (KTLA) -
Protesters demonstrating against Trump’s immigration policies seen on the steps of L.A. City Hall on Feb. 2, 2025. (@Cathy_Rosales) -
Protesters demonstrating against Trump’s immigration policies seen in downtown Dallas, Texas on Feb. 2, 2025. (Citizen)
Similar scenes unfolded across San Diego as groups of demonstrators waved Mexican Flags and carried signs with pro-immigration messages that urged the administration to “stop mass deportations.”
In downtown Dallas, Texas, thousands gathered in front of City Hall, chanting and blocking the streets.
Protests also erupted in Arkansas, Missouri and Georgia, Newsweek reported Sunday.
Since his first day back in office, Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, giving the military a greater presence at the U.S.-Mexico border and the reduction of restrictions previously leveed against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In the opening days of his second administration, Trump’s White House was boasting about its immigration arrest numbers on social media, which near 1,000 instances daily.
Under Trump’s new orders, ICE is now allowed to target migrants at sensitive locations, like schools and churches, for arrests and potential deportations.
