A large number of people gathered near the White House on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump‘s Agenda, based on a widespread effort by anti-Trump organizers to galvanize the voters concerned by administration policies and the significant use of executive authority.
The participants of the demonstration, which took place in Lafayette Square Park in Washington, DC, told NBC News that the treatment of Kilmar Abrego GarciaWhich, according to the Trump administration, was wrongly expelled to El Salvador, was one of the problems that led them to participate in the demonstration.
“Everyone should have a regular procedure. No one should be removed and locked up. I don’t care if he is a murderer, he should always obtain a regular procedure,” said the Susie Stern of Ohio. “This is what this country is based on. Laws. “
The White House alleys that Greo Garcia is a member of a gang, and the administration said that if he returned to the country, he will be expelled again. The judicial archives indicate that Greo Garcia has never been criminally charged in the United States or Salvador, and his wife and lawyers deny that he is a member of a gang.
Other demonstrators have challenged what they described as contempt for the administration for federal court decisions, including a decision confirmed by the Supreme Court ordering Trump to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States.
“What is happening is very worrying about the regular procedure and how democracy is supposed to work,” the first Samantha Echols demonstration of Silver Spring told NBC News Maryland. “You shouldn’t just be able to decide what are the laws, to disappear from people, to punish people to disagree with you. These are things that dictators do, and I don’t want to see our country slide in this direction.”
The concerns concerning the case of Abrego Garcia were at the center of a demonstration similar to Midtown New York, where thousands of people gathered in front of the New York public library to protest against the immigration policies of Trump, according to in NBC New York. A demonstrator said politicians created a scary effect throughout the city.
“People are afraid of going to church. People are afraid of going to work. People are afraid of taking their children to school,” said Amanda Harvey, a Brooklyn resident, New York.
On Saturday, two different events in Georgia, including a demonstration in front of the Capitol state building, attracted dozens of demonstrators, according to WXIA-TV, an affiliate of NBC. Participants listed a litany of reasons for demonstrations, including the efforts of the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk and Trump, to reshape the government.
“They attack Dei,” do this witch hunt. They draw many federal workers and try to empty all the social programs we need, such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security ”, has a protester At Georgia Capitol said to Wxia. “Every day is something new.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments on the demonstrations.
National demonstrations are part of an effort that has started Earlier this month With a series of “hands off” demonstrations across the country.
The events are coordinated by 50501. The organizers describe the movement as a diversified group of Americans “who represent democracy and who support the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration”.
The name 50501 refers to the target of the group of 50 states, 50 events, 1 movement.
According to a list published online by the group, the day of the action on Saturday saw nearly 700 events nationwide, from a “Potluck & Protest” event in Kanab, Utah, to a “Tesla Takedown” demonstration in Woodstock, Virginia, a “Take America Back” rally in Paw Paw, Michigan.
The demonstrations at the national level intervene while the Democrats work to counter the Trump agenda more aggressively, a major demand for party voters, according to recent polls.
A NBC survey In March, found that almost two -thirds of the Democratic voters said they wanted the Democrats of the Congress to stick to their positions even if it leads to dead end, while a third party wanted their leaders to compromise with Trump.
Senator Bernie Sanders, i-vt., And representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., organized a series of “”Oligarchy“” stops Throughout the country, including an event last week in Los Angeles which attracted more than 30,000 people, according to the Senator’s office.
Congress Democrats in recent months have held dozens of small Town hall events In order to capitalize on the political reaction of Trump’s main reductions at the federal level of labor and prices policy.
Regarding the demonstrations on Saturday, the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said: “I believe that public feeling is everything. And public feeling increases against Donald Trump, because more and more Americans are faced with increasing costs and less freedom under the chaotic direction of Donald Trump. “
