{"id":134612,"date":"2026-01-23T04:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134612\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T04:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:20:26","slug":"hundreds-protest-at-san-antonio-city-hall-against-trumps-first-year-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134612\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds protest at San Antonio City Hall against Trump’s first year in office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Students from William H. Taft High School in San Antonio stage a walk out on Tuesday in protest the first year of Trump\u2019s second term. Credit: Michael Karlis<\/p>\n

Several hundred demonstrators gathered in front of City Hall on Tuesday evening to decry the increasingly erratic and anti-democratic actions of President Donald Trump on the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. <\/p>\n

The protest was held in conjunction with work and school walkouts across the country, including those staged at least two San Antonio high schools. Dubbed the \u201cFree America Walkout,\u201d the collective action was organized by the Women\u2019s March, the nationwide group that\u2019s staged massive street protests during the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n

At least 100 students at William H. Taft High School on the far West Side left campus shortly after 1:30 p.m. as part of the national day of defiance.\u00a0The students chanted \u201cNo Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA,\u201d and held anti-ICE signs as they marched down the sidewalk along Culebra Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Student organizers said in a statement that the walkout was in response to the slaying of unarmed Minneapolis mother Renee Good and ongoing operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in that city. Students at Northside ISD\u2019s Communication Arts High School also staged a walkout, according to organizers. <\/p>\n

Before marching through San Antonio\u2019s streets, speakers outside City Hall blasted the White House\u2019s increasingly aggressive immigration crackdowns and disregard for international law. Protesters with signs reading \u201cICE is killing us,\u201d \u201cChinga la Migra\u201d and \u201cVote like your democracy depends on it\u201d booed Trump\u2019s name and cheered as organizers urged them to stand up for migrants and the working class.<\/p>\n

Teacher Alejandra Lopez, who serves as president of the San Antonio Alliance school workers union, told the crowd that ICE raids are having a devastating effect on San Antonio ISD.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere in San Antonio, we\u2019ve had parents of our students and members taken,\u201d Lopez told the crowd. \u201cIn our district we are down 1,600 students. We believe many of them are members of families who are too scared to send their children to school for fear of ICE \u2014\u00a0or have made the devastating decision to leave their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rally organizers from the Party for Socialism and Liberation urged demonstrators to keep taking their message to the streets. They likened the current uprising to similar fights for social and economic justice during the 1960s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be very clear that the Democrats are not offering us a solution right now,\u201d PSL member Cynthia Suarez said. \u201cThey\u2019re telling us to wait until the midterms. They\u2019re telling us that they\u2019re going to reform ICE. We\u2019re saying to this that our communities cannot wait until November. Our communities need action now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photos by Sanford Nowlin and Michael Karlis. <\/p>\n

\"\"Credit: Michael Karlis<\/p>\n

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