Overview
- More than 1,600 “Good Trouble Lives On” protests took place on July 17 across all 50 states, uniting activists in a coordinated national day of action.
- In Manhattan, demonstrators staged a sit-in outside ICE’s Federal Plaza that temporarily blocked traffic at a downtown intersection.
- Hundreds marched in Los Angeles, Cleveland and Sacramento to call for immigrant protections and reversals of Trump administration welfare cuts.
- After clashes in June, the National Guard personnel deployed during Los Angeles area protests were largely withdrawn this week.
- Events were organized by coalitions of civil rights, labor and advocacy groups, including Mobilize the Vote, SEIU Local 2015 and Women’s March Cleveland.