Anti-ICE and National Guard Chicago Protest
Several thousand demonstrators marched past Trump Tower in downtown Chicago on Saturday evening, September 6, 2025, protesting President Donald Trump’s threats to send ICE agents and the National Guard to the city. The protest drew about 3,000 people, many hoisting handmade signs, pictures and flags that showed support for Mexican Independence Day.
"I'm here for my father. It's not criminals being taken off the street. It's families being ripped apart." -Tracy Quinonez, whose father recently died and came to the U.S. from Guatemala as a refugee
"I've never experienced what my mother experienced as a German Jew. I will not sit back and watch that happen here." -Peg Devlin, whose mother fled in Europe during WWII
“Bogus deportations and bogus occupation.” -Protesters’ signs and chants
“Faith over fear! Peace is unity!” -Protesters’ signs and chants
"No ICE, No Trump, No Troops" and "ICE out of Chicago." -Protesters’ signs and chants
“We helped build this city through our labor and work. People may be afraid, but also they’re determined to say, ‘This is our home, this is where we belong. We won’t tolerate our people getting kidnapped.'” Corina Pedraza with Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
“This is the type of racial, ethnic profiling that is going on, and they are pursuing people who are humble, who may not speak English and aren’t a threat to anyone. They didn’t have a court order to pick up someone who sells flowers on a street corner and has been doing it for years.” -U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia of Illinois’ 4th District
“We are not going away — goodness, equity and humanity will prevail, and so we’ve got some work to get there but this is going to pass, this will pass.Chicago is by definition supportive of immigrants. … I am the daughter of immigrants that came over during the Irish potato famines. Ask any of us, unless you are Native American, you are an immigrant.” -Eileen Murphy, a physician, volunteers at a free health clinic for those who are uninsured and undocumented
Photo: Block Club Chicago