Chicagoans continue protest against Trump and ICE Thursday as demonstrators rally across the US
Mayor Brandon Johnson, anticipating that the city may see further federal action in the coming days, called on Chicagoans to 'resist in this moment' if Trump mobilizes the military in Chicago to support ICE raids. Johnson's chief of staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas told reporters Wednesday that Chicago was expecting a blitz of ICE enforcement at workplaces starting Thursday.
Advocates and activists reported several sets of arrests around the city Thursday, including at immigration court. At least two demonstrations were planned for downtown — one Thursday afternoon on South State Street and another outside an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outpost in the South Loop.
'People are joined together…we will be marching to demand a stop to the raids and protection for our families,' said Lawrence Benito, executive director for Illinois Coalition for Immigrant Refugee Rights, at a Thursday morning news conference ahead of the march.
People argue with Chicago police officers after some people were detained in the Loop, June 10, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator is detained on Dearborn Street and placed in a police vehicle as people rally and march in downtown Chicago following nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Activists march towards the Loop after protests took place across the country following recent ICE raids on immigrant communities, June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator yells a chant at police during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) People argue with Chicago police officers after they saw people detained during an ICE protest in the Loop on June 10, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Chicago police officers detain a demonstrator during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) People argue with police officers after watching some people were detained in the Loop, June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator moves around a Chicago police vehicle damaged by graffiti in downtown Chicago as people rally and march in response to nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Activists confront diners while marching in the Loop, June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator in a mask and bike helmet takes in the scene as people march in downtown Chicago in response to nationwide immigration raids on June 10, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator is detained as people march in downtown Chicago in response to nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Chicago police officers detain demonstrators during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator climbs onto a traffic light pole during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Police detain people during a march in Chicago's Loop, June 10, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator yells chants while walking past police officers during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator is detained by Chicago police during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Demonstrators stand on the Picasso statue in Daley Plaza during a rally against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Chicago police officers and demonstrators get close during a march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement, June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator holds a sign promoting education over deportation during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Chicago police officers stand guard at Daley Plaza as a news broadcast about U.S. military deployment into Los Angeles is displayed on a screen during a rally and march against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Chicago police officers detain a demonstrator during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) A demonstrator holds a U.S. flag in front of police officers during a rally and march in the Loop against nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Protesters rally in Chicago's Loop on Tuesday as demonstrations flared across the country against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdowns. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in Chicago's Loop on June 10, 2025, after protests took place across the country following recent ICE raids on immigrant communities. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in Chicago's Loop on June 10, 2025, after protests took place across the country following recent ICE raids on immigrant communities. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A woman stops a man from dragging a trash bin into the street as people protesting against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids march on State Street in Chicago, June 10, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Demonstrators and Chicago police clash on State Street as people march in downtown Chicago in response to nationwide immigration raids by federal law enforcement on June 10, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in Dirksen Federal Plaza in Chicago on June 10, 2025, after protests took place across the country following recent ICE raids. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in Chicago's Dirksen Federal Plaza on June 10, 2025, after protests took place across the country following recent ICE raids. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in Chicago's Dirksen Federal Plaza on June 10, 2025, following recent ICE raids on immigrant communities. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) People protesting against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prepare to march toward federal plaza in Chicago, June 10, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in the federal plaza in Chicago on June 10, 2025, after protests took place across the country following recent ICE raids on immigrant communities. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists march on South Carpenter Street in the Lower West Side neighborhood on June 8, 2025, in Chicago to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. The protest started at the Plaza Tenochtitlán and ended at Benito Juárez Community Academy. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in Chicago's Lower West Side neighborhood to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country on June 8, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A vendor sells lemon snowcones while activists rally in the Pilsen neighborhood on June 8, 2025, in Chicago to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A woman watches from a restaurant as activists march on West Cermak Road in Chicago's Lower West Side neighborhood on June 8, 2025, to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists march on West Cermak Road in the Lower West Side neighborhood on June 8, 2025, in Chicago to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. The protest started at the Plaza Tenochtitlán and ended at Benito Juárez Community Academy. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Angel Naranjos, 20, yells into a megaphone while marching with other activists on West 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood on June 8, 2025, to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. The protest started at the Plaza Tenochtitlán and ended at Benito Juárez Community Academy. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists rally in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country on June 8, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists march on South Carpenter Street in the Pilsen neighborhood to protest recent ICE arrests in Chicago and around the country on June 8, 2025. The protest started at the Plaza Tenochtitlán and ended at Benito Juárez Community Academy. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A grill sizzles as activists march on West 18th Street in Chicago's Lower West Side neighborhood on June 8, 2025, to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Activists march on West 18th Street in the Lower West Side neighborhood to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country on June 8, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Sign-carrying activists march on West 18th Street in the Lower West Side neighborhood on June 8, 2025, to protest recent ICE arrests in Chicago and around the country. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) People watch as activists march on West 18th Street on June 8, 2025, in protest of recent ICE arrests in Chicago and around the country over the past week. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A person holds a Mexican flag from their window as activists march on West 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood on June 8, 2025, to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A woman raises her fist as activists march on June 8, 2025, on Chicago's West Cermak Road to protest recent ICE arrests in the city. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Residents watch the march on South Carpenter Street in Chicago's Lower West Side neighborhood on June 8, 2025, held to protest recent ICE arrests in the city and around the country. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Show Caption1 of 48An activist is detained in the Loop during ICE protests on June 10, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Expand
The wave of protests that began Friday in Los Angeles has spread to other cities including New York, Austin, Seattle and Las Vegas among other cities and towns. Chicago saw its first large-scale demonstration Tuesday evening when thousands marched through the Loop and beyond to demand that the federal government stand down on its arrests of undocumented immigrants. The demonstration spanned much of the Loop and River North neighborhoods and periodically snarled traffic on several crowded thoroughfares, including DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Chicago police said 17 people were arrested at that protest, and four were charged with felonies. More a dozen people were charged or cited for defacing public property including squad cars and CTA buses, police said. But that tension still pales in comparison to California and Texas, where National Guard troops have mobilized at the direction of Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle are all vocal supporters of Illinois and Chicago's 'sanctuary city' status — meaning the city and state do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement — and Johnson said Wednesday that they were committed to 'maintain the sensibilities of our democracy, the ability to freely express protest, that's fundamental to our democracy.'
Activists have also announced plans for a 'No Kings' march Saturday in concert with other demonstrations around the country, expected to draw thousands of people downtown.
Chicago Tribune's Laura Presa Rodriguez contributed.
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