SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: Signs at the protest may be inappropriate for some viewers.
Protests over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids continued on Wednesday in downtown San Antonio.
TheTXLoop has a crew downtown and will provide live updates from the protests. A group of about 100 people were seen gathering near the Alamo before 7 p.m.
Alamo Plaza has been closed.
Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety were seen patrolling the area. San Antonio police officers were seen driving through downtown.
Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed the Texas National Guard, and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said officers will intervene if “it turns violent.”
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Members of This Is Texas Freedom Force were seen traveling to the Alamo carrying firearms as demonstrators protest ICE raids.
In an X post, the group said they were in downtown San Antonio “to defend it against the anti deportation rioters.”
One protest began at City Hall with hundreds marching the streets.
San Antonio police were seen helping block traffic downtown.
However, there is no indication that Wednesday’s protests are supposed to be violent. Social media posts have pointed to peaceful demonstrations to protest immigration raids that have been happening across the country.
While at the ICE protest, TheTXLoop saw about 10 ANTIFA members.
SAPD Chief William McManus was also seen overlooking the protesters outside City Hall.
Abbott deploys Texas National Guard to San Antonio
In a press conference on Wednesday, Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the city did not request the troops and received “no advance warning” from Abbott’s office.
City officials at the press conference said they were not aware of the number of troops sent to San Antonio. McManus also said they were not currently in contact with the troop’s commander.
“The reports of the Governor deploying the National Guard to our community underscore the need for us to remain peaceful and safe this weekend,” Nirenberg said in a statement on social media.
Abbott’s office provided TheTXLoop with a statement that can be read in its entirety below:
“The State of Texas stands ready to deploy all necessary personnel and resources to uphold law and order across our state. Texas National Guard soldiers are on standby in areas where mass demonstrations are planned in case they are needed. Peaceful protests are part of the fabric of our nation, but Texas will not tolerate the lawlessness we have seen in Los Angeles. Anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property will be swiftly held accountable to the full extent of the law.”
An ICE spokesperson told TheTXLoop, “ICE respects the constitutional right of people to peacefully protest; however, assaulting, resisting, impeding or harassing ICE officers and special agents or interfering in any way as they are executing their official duty is against the law.“
“If any person assaults a federal law enforcement officer, they risk being prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” the spokesperson said.
On Sunday, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) San Antonio organized a protest at City Hall, a week after ICE officers were seen detaining people outside the San Antonio Immigration Court and on UTSA’s campus.
Another protest is planned at Travis Park on Saturday to coincide with Trump’s planned military parade in Washington, D.C.
The protest at Travis Park is organized by Women’s March and 50501 San Antonio.
“50501 SATX has always and will always stand for non-violent protest,” the organizers said in a statement.
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