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Photos: Cities around the US see immigration protests

Federal officers hold down a protestor in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

A gas canister erupts on the street in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Protestors stand and chant in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Protestors create a line to maintain distance between ICE officers and protestors in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, after protesters learned that U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday morning on Chicago's Southwest Side. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

A person stands by a sign that reads "Guard: Go Home!" while they protest outside the federal courthouse on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Portland, Ore., as a federal court hearing on Oregon's bid to temporarily block President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Portland is held inside. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

A protester stands off against police and federal officers at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Protesters gather at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Protesters carrying flags and signs stand outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Law enforcement officers arrest a protester near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Portland police officers talk to a man near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Security officers deploy near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

People demonstrate above Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, against the deployment of the National Guard in Memphis. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Protestors gather for a march in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, to protest against the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)

Rachael Spriggs, accompanied by Sandra Pita, left, and Tikeila Rucker, center, addresses protestors gathered for a march in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, to protest against the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)

Protestors gather for a march in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, to protest against the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)

People march in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, to protest against the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)

Protestors gather for a march in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, to march against the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)

Joe Calhoun, who marched with the Memphis Sanitation Strike as an 18-year-old, joins community activists to march against the National Guard being sent to Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)

A protester yells at police and federal officers during a protest at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

A protester stands draped in an American flag watches as law enforcement officers try to disperse protesters near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Law enforcement officers arrest a protester during a protest at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Police and federal officers throw gas canisters to disperse protesters near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Police and Federal officers stand guard an area by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)