ICE protest in Dallas: One arrested

Demonstrators took to the streets in Dallas on Monday, protesting against President Trump's immigration policies and ICE arrests. This comes after the violent protests broke out in Los Angeles over the weekend. The protests started around 7 p.m. Monday night near the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in the Trinity Groves area of Dallas. Police declared an unlawful assembly just before 10 p.m., telling protesters they needed to disperse. Dallas police say one person was arrested and their charges are pending.

AN ANTI-ICE PROTEST BEGINNING ON DALLAS’ MARGARET HUNT HILL BRIDGE — MONDAY EVENING…

DOZENS OF PEOPLE GATHERED HOLDING SIGNS, WAVING FLAGS--- TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN.

MONDAY’S PROTEST IN DALLAS FOLLOWS A WEEKEND OF HEATED AND SOMETIMES VIOLENT ANTI-ICE PROTESTS IN LOS ANGELES. A MAJOR FREEWAY — BLOCKED. CARS — SET ON FIRE. LAW ENFORCEMENT USED TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS AND FLASH BANGS TO CONTROL THE CROWD.

THE L.A. PROTESTS BEGAN FRIDAY. THE PRESIDENT ACTIVATED THE NATIONAL GUARD — THE FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARS THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS ACTIVATED IN A STATE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THAT STATE’S GOVERNOR.

ON MONDAY — THE DEFENSE SECRETARY ANNOUNCED 700 MARINES WILL ARRIVE IN LOS ANGELES TO PROTECT PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY.

Hussein Sadruddin, Immigration Attorney

“The system has been broken for a while. The difference now is that broken system is just geared toward one thing and one thing only — which is mass deportation.”

IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY HUSSEIN SADRUDDIN SAYS PREVIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT HE CALLAS A “BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.”

“Remember we used to call President Obama “Deporter in Chief” — so that was happening. Quite a bit.”

SADRUDDIN — HOWEVER — SAYS THE NORTH TEXAS LAW FIRM HE’S WORKED AT FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES IS NOW SEEING A DIFFERENT STRATEGY FROM THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.

“But this is the first time we are seeing individuals who are seeking relief in legal way be targeted — people who are reporting to court.”

“Also we have individuals who have committed minor crimes which would not ordinarily put them into court proceedings and they’re being detained.”

WHEN ASKED ON MONDAY — AN ICE DALLAS SPOKESPERSON SAID THE OFFICE COULD NOT PROVIDE OVERALL ARREST NUMBERS IT’S ACCUMULATED SINCE THE START OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

SO — IT’S UNCLEAR HOW DATA COMPARES TO PAST YEARS AND ADMINISTRATIONS.

ICE DALLAS HOWEVER DID SHARE A POST ON “X” — MONDAY AFTERNOON — HIGHLIGHTING THE DEPORTATION — LAST WEEK — OF 122 CHINESE NATIONALS. 96 MEN. 26 WOMEN. ONE OF THEM CONVICTED OF MURDER. ONE — RAPE. ANOTHER — DRUG TRAFFICKING.

REGARDING MONDAY’S PROTEST IN DALLAS — ICE DALLAS SAYS IT “…FULLY RESPECTS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE TO PEACEFULLY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS…BRAVE OFFICERS ARE ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY, RISKING THEIR LIVES TO LOCATE, ARREST AND REMOVE THE MOST EGREGIOUS CRIMINAL ALIENS IN LINE WITH THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY OF ‘WORST FIRST.’”

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