Small group gathers in Plaza to protest ICE operations, support LA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Tuesday night, hundreds of people marched down the streets of Kansas City opposing ICE's operations.
On Thursday night, another small group of demonstrators gathered on the Plaza to rally support for the protestors in Los Angeles.
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It was only a crew of around 20 people that rallied, but made sure their voices were heard around the Plaza.
Some of the protestors waved Mexican and Honduran flags, Pride flags and others.
They had signs that read 'No one is illegal on stolen land' and one in Spanish that read 'Without us, they are nothing.'
The people at the protest tell FOX4 they are opposed to the operations ICE is performing all over the country. One protester said that the government organization is ripping families apart.
Another told FOX4 that immigrants come to the United States seeking freedom and deportations don't seem like freedom to him.
'When you came here, y'all came here for religious freedom,' one person said.
'I came here for freedom. So when other people come here for freedom, what makes you, what makes you any better than them? They want the same freedoms that this country was supposed to be founded on.'
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced Thursday that he has in response to civil unrest across the United States.
Kehoe said the order is purely precautionary at this time.
The protestors on Thursday night in Kansas City said they plan to keep protesting despite Kehoe's call.
Mayor Quinton Lucas responded to the decision, saying that he's concerned with the enhanced enforcement and said he's confident that protestors this weekend will use their First Amendment rights peacefully.
Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested in cities across the country in recent days as they protest the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the deployment of National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles amid unrest.
While public officials say many of the protests have remained peaceful, some have grown tense and led to clashes between law enforcement and civilians.
As protests in California continue, police said Wednesday night that nearly 400 people had been arrested or detained since Saturday's raids in Los Angeles.
In San Francisco, more than 150 people were arrested after thousands protested throughout the city on Sunday and Monday. Some vandalized buildings while others damaged cars, buses and police vehicles.
In Chicago, 17 people were arrested Tuesday at a protest downtown. Some were accused of vandalism and four were charged with felonies, including aggravated battery against an officer of the peace.
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Kansas City police and said they were peaceful and so far, no issues have been reported on Thursday.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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