2026 U.S. immigration enforcement protests

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In January 2026, widespread progressive and left-wing community- and immigrant-led protests escalated throughout the United States challenging violence by federal immigration enforcement agents (primarily ICE, with other incidents involving CBP). The protests were ignited by a series of shootings and killings by officers including the killing of activist Renée Good, the shooting of two unarmed people in Portland, and the killing of healthcare worker Alex Pretti. Protests continued throughout the year and were later fueled by the killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in July. Most protesters engaged in peaceful demonstrations (including the largest single-day protest in American history), while other protesters have physically confronted ICE agents and police, often using black bloc tactics and obstructing ICE vehicles to impair the federal government's ability to detain and deport immigrants. Protesters have on multiple occasions slashed the tires of ICE...

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