{"id":131599,"date":"2026-01-21T07:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/131599\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:23:15","slug":"protesters-gather-in-downtown-el-paso-as-trump-marks-second-term-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/131599\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters gather in Downtown El Paso as Trump marks second-term anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2013 Dozens of protesters gathered at San Jacinto Plaza in downtown El Paso on Tuesday as part of a wave of walkouts and demonstrations taking place across the country, marking one year since the start of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chanting and holding signs, demonstrators filled the park in downtown. Messages on poster boards and banners included \u201cStand with Immigrants,\u201d \u201cFree America,\u201d and \u201c86 47,\u201d slogans that reflected opposition to the administration and support for immigrant communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a flyer posted online, organizers demanded, \u201cStop ICE Terror.\u201d The group echoes similar actions nationwide, where workers, students, and community members walked out of schools and workplaces to express dissatisfaction with federal policies enacted over the past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There has been no formal organization identified as leading the El Paso demonstration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2013 Dozens of protesters gathered at San Jacinto Plaza in downtown El Paso on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[8443,138,140,139,498,3311,18113],"class_list":["post-131599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-downtown-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-ktsm","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-san-jacinto-plaza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}