Caption by Ashmar Mandou

More than 30,000 people rallied and marched in downtown Chicago on Saturday, April 5th as part of a nationwide day of action to protest the policies of President Donald Trump, the Trump Administration, and Elon Musk. Advocates, supporters, and Chicagoland residents came together to demand Donald Trump and Elon Musk take their “hands off our people, our economy, our government, our workers, and the critical services countless people rely on.” The Trump administration’s pointed and aggressive attacks on immigrants and refugees have turned up the volume on the long-standing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country,” said Lawrence Benito, Executive Director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). “We are the ones who must keep each other safe, and our power comes from our strong communities.” The rally, part of a national day of action that included events in hundreds of towns and cities across the country, was organized by the Chicago Federation of Labor, Equality Illinois, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Indivisible Chicago, Personal PAC, and Sierra Club Illinois.