On Monday evening, Dallas became the next stage in the growing resistance against the deportation offensive of U.S. President Donald Trump. Dozens of demonstrators gathered on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, holding up signs and waving flags - sending a message against a policy that is increasingly openly aimed at mass expulsion. What began in Los Angeles with blocked highways, burning vehicles, and tear gas deployments has now reached the conservative state of Texas. In Dallas, confrontations occurred in the Trinity Groves neighborhood between protesters and police, who eventually declared the assembly "unlawful" and cleared the street. Whether any arrests were made remained unclear for the time being.
In the shadow of the violent images from California, concern is also growing in Texas. The immigration authority ICE is now refusing to release current arrest numbers. Back in January, ICE Dallas reported 84 arrests in a single day - now there is silence. Instead, the agency posted on X only its most recent mass deportation: 122 people from China, including a convicted murderer, a sex offender, and several alleged drug traffickers. For Dallas-based immigration attorney Hussein Sadruddin, that is only part of the truth. "The system has been broken for a long time - but now it's geared toward one direction only: mass deportation," he said. The difference from the past: even people who are seeking legal relief or have committed only minor offenses are increasingly being targeted.I
While ICE emphasizes that it respects the constitutional right to protest, anger on the streets is directed at a government that is exercising its power more and more uncompromisingly. "Worst first" - that is what Trump calls his deportation policy. But in reality, those who seek help are often the first to be targeted.
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