Thousands Protest in Washington D.C. against troops deployment in the city’s streets

Several thousand protesters marched in Washington, D.C. yesterday to demand that U.S. President Donald Trump end the deployment of National Guard troops patrolling the capital city’s streets. With Trump vowing crackdowns in other Democratic-led cities as well, he appeared to threaten Chicago with migrant deportations on social media. Protesters at the ‘We Are All D.C.’ march, including undocumented immigrants and supporters of Palestinian statehood, chanted slogans denouncing Trump and carried posters, some of which read, Trump must go now and Free DC. Claiming that crime was blighting the city, Trump deployed the troops last month to, what he said, re-establish law, order, and public safety. Trump said on Tuesday that he would also deploy National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago. More than 2,000 troops, including from six Republican-led states, are patrolling the city.