Riots Spread Across US Cities Amid Anti-Immigration Protests

Widespread protests and violent clashes have erupted across multiple U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta in response to President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement policies. In Los Angeles, the unrest escalated to looting and attacks on law enforcement, prompting city officials to impose a curfew and the deployment of National Guard and active-duty military personnel, with President Trump affirming the military will remain until peace is restored. Similar demonstrations demanding an end to ICE enforcement have spread to cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, and Dallas, with numerous arrests reported. In Chicago, protests turned chaotic with clashes between demonstrators and police, including incidents of a vehicle speeding through crowds and the burning of a Trump effigy, while public transit was disrupted. Amid these tensions, Mexico’s Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña made controversial remarks asserting an ancestral right for Mexican immigrants to reside in U.S. southwestern territories, further straining diplomatic relations with the Trump administration. President Trump has condemned the protests in fiery speeches, characterizing the demonstrators as a foreign invasion and defending the use of military forces to maintain order.