TOPEKA (AP)— Hundreds of ICE protests are scheduled across the country this weekend, including several in states including Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, and Florida, according to Indivisible, a social movement organization that formed to resist the Trump administration.
The group and its local chapters organized protests last year in all 50 states.
Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible said he expects the number of protests this week to surpass 1,000.
“This is hitting people who previously were not engaged,” Levin said, pointing out that over the last few days he has seen a rise in veterans, people in rural America, and even some Republican voters speaking out.
“I do not think this is an ideological fight. This is a fight between people who are trying to trash the Constitution through aggressive violent behavior and normal everyday Americans who do not want to be messed with in this way,” he said.