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)
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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.
An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforcement.
President Trump’s efforts to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities — including Los Angeles; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago — have prompted questions about who controls the Guard.
