May Day protesters across US decry Trump policies, call for rule of law


Daniel P. Bauder, President of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO speaks during a May Day Strong - 'For the Workers, Not the Billionaires' rally, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

(Reuters) -Lawyers, teachers and politicians marched among thousands of demonstrators across the U.S. on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump's policies on immigration, the targeting of lawyers and judges, and the power of wealthy decision-makers.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, whose husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a U.S. resident the administration sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador, spoke at a Washington rally that was among the protests organized by lawyers' groups and by a coalition of more than 200 labor unions and immigrant rights advocates.

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