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Donald Trump: California Clash and Immigration Agents

donald trump: At the White House gates, they demanded Donald Trump has got to go! And they sparked at least four arrests after creating a human chain to block a county building in Oakland, California, where demonstrators demanded that county law enforcement refuse to collaborate with federal immigration agents, according to CTV. Despite the California clash, the initial rounds of nationwide protests were largely peaceful as immigrants, union members and their allies staged a series of strikes, boycotts and marches to highlight the contributions of immigrants in the United States. Protesters flooded streets in Chicago. It is sad to see that now being an immigrant is equivalent to almost being a criminal, said Mary Quezada, a 58-year-old North Carolina woman who joined those marching on Washington. The demonstrations on May Day, celebrated as International Workers' Day, follow similar actions worldwide in which protesters from the Philippines to Paris demanded better working conditions. She offered a pointed message to Trump Stop bullying immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.