(19 Apr 2025)
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New York – 19 April 2025
1. Various of protesters gathered outside the New York Public Library building, holding signs and chanting
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Melinda Charles, protester from West Haven, Connecticut:
"I’ve been concerned for, obviously, for a while, but it’s mostly like the executive overreach. Like we’re supposed to have three equal branches of government, and to have the executive branch become so strong and threaten with (Elon) Musk’s money, threatening elections at another state because it’s the opposite party, I mean, it’s just unbelievable. And then the letter that the Trump administration sent to Harvard to me was just chilling."
3. Various of protesters holding signs, chanting
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Marshall Green, protester from Morristown New Jersey:
"You know, using the Alien Enemies Act is not appropriate, and Congress should be stepping up and saying, no, we are not at war. You cannot use that. You cannot deport people without due process. And everyone in this country has the right to due process no matter what."
5. Various of protesters holding signs, chanting
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Marshall Green, protester from Morristown New Jersey:
"Yeah, the overarching concern is that we’re losing our democracy and that the Trump administration wants to establish an authoritarian state in the United States where the executive branch controls all three branches and he’s already well on the way there. And everyone, not everyone, these people are awake but most people are not paying attention."
7. Various of protesters holding signs, chanting
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Marshall Green, protester from Morristown New Jersey:
"Well, that revolution was against a king, and this, we don’t have a king now, we have a president, but we have president who called himself a king who wants to be a king and we don´t want a king. So, I mean, you can see this is not a violent revolution, this is a peaceful protest, but in some ways it’s relevant and similar."
9. Various of protesters marching towards Central Park, holding signs and chanting
STORYLINE:
Protests against President Donald Trump’s administration are once again taking place in communities across the U.S.
Organizers of Saturday’s events say they’re protesting against what they view as the Republican administration’s constitutional and civil rights violations.
In Manhattan, protesters rallied against continued deportations of immigrants as they marched from the New York Public Library north towards Central Park past Trump Tower.
“No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state,” they chanted to the steady beat of drums, referring to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Marshall Green, who was among the protesters, said he was most concerned that Trump has invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 by claiming the country is at war with Venezuelan gangs linked to the South American nation’s government.
“Congress should be stepping up and saying no, we are not at war. You cannot use that,” said the 61-year-old from Morristown, New Jersey. “You cannot deport people without due process, and everyone in this country has the right to due process no matter what.”
Meanwhile Melinda Charles, of Connecticut, said she worried about Trump’s “executive overreach,” citing clashes with the federal courts to Harvard University and other elite colleges.
“We’re supposed to have three equal branches of government and to have the executive branch become so strong,” she said. “I mean, it’s just unbelievable.”
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