Anti-ICE mayhem explodes in Austin and Dallas as cops confront protesters demanding an end to Trump’s deportations

By MARYANN MARTINEZ, TEXAS BUREAU CHIEF FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 04:26 BST, 10 June 2025 | Updated: 13:28 BST, 10 June 2025

Protesters in two of Texas’ largest cities clashed with police on Monday night to show solidarity with demonstrations in Los Angeles against President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation raids.

As Trump mobilized 700 Marines to deal with the mayhem in LA, tensions quickly escalated in Dallas and Austin at anti-Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) rallies.

Dallas police began arresting individuals just before 9pm after they pleaded with protestors to stay off the Margret Hunt Hill Bridge, a busy thoroughfare into downtown filled with cars zooming by.

As darkness fell on the city, a line of cops blocked the advance of the protestors who seemed determine to take control of the bridge. 

Police declared an ‘unlawful assembly,’ warning more arrests could be coming just before 10pm. It was unclear late Monday how many had been taken into custody.

‘That’s not protesting. That’s vandalism,’ Noah Webster posted on X.

The gathering was also declared unlawful, and eventually, Austin police deployed tear gas for those who refused to go home and comply with orders.

 Protesters attend a rally in solidarity with Los Angeles protests against federal immigration sweeps, in Austin, Texas, U.S., June 9

Protestors marched for about three hours, before police declared an ‘unlawful assembly’ after marchers refused to follow orders to stay off a bridge 

 Arrests were made by officers from several agencies who were staged in the area. 

The agency’s arrests of law-abiding migrants, including ones with legal status, have spurred much of the anger behind the nationwide demonstrations.

A video of a 52-year-old mother being arrested without a warrant in Westminster, Maryland has gone viral in recent days. 

The woman, pulled over by ICE agents, asks why she was pulled over and if they have a warrant for her. 

‘Show us the warrant,’ the Salvadoran woman and her daughter plead with the federal agent. 

‘I’m not going to give you the warrant,’ the officer replies. 

The woman responded by saying she wouldn’t exit the car without a warrant, when  agents shattered her window, to her daughter’s desperate screams. 

‘You guys cannot take her just because you guys want to,’ her daughter yells through tears.’

The mother calmly complies with law enforcement, urging her kids to remain calm.

In Austin, Texas, demonstrators gathered at the federal building in downtown

Anti-ICE protests nationwide have been spurred by warrantless arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE

Although mostly peaceful, an unknown number of protestors were arrested in Dallas Monday

Her son pleads with officers, claiming his mother is in the middle of a legal immigration process. 

Arrests that seem to buck every rule of American law enforcement and Constitutionality since Trump took office have angered many across the country. 

However, President Trump won a second term in the White House in large part due to his campaign promise to carry out the largest deportations in the nation’s history.  

Around 8:30 p.m., Austin Police declared a protest in downtown unlawful assembly and threatened to deploy tear gas if people didn’t leave. 

Protestors in San Antonio also took the streets Sunday to oppose ICE’s actions.  

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Anti-ICE mayhem explodes in Austin and Dallas as cops confront protesters demanding an end to Trump’s deportations

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