Amy Fischer, an organiser with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, speaks during an interview with Reuters, as ICE and other federal agents continue to carry out detentions as part of Trump's administration's crackdown on migrants, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. immigration agents swooped down to arrest a Salvadoran man in Mount Pleasant, a Washington area known for its Hispanic immigrant population, residents alerted neighbors who flocked to the scene, chanting at officers to get out before the man was hauled away.
And when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained a Guatemalan man on Monday walking with a crutch who said he had no criminal record in nearby Petworth, another area with a sizable Hispanic population, people heading to work and walking dogs stopped to shout at them. After a back-and-forth with protesters, officers released the man.
