General Discussion

They accomplished several things.

They brought public awareness of ICE murdering citizens on the street.

They saved people from deportation by blowing alert whistles when ICE agents were spotted.

They drove children to and from schools when their parents were afraid to leave home.

They provided food for people afraid to go out to shop.

They took photos snd videos to use as evidence of ICE's and the administrstion's lies. Those videos got some people released from ICE concentration camps.

They collected funds to pay rent for people without money because they had stopped going to work out of fear.

Protests bring together people who are like minded so that they feel less alone. They help people make contacts to know whom to turn to if ICE raids or some other atrocities occur in their communities. They can then organize actions like took place in Minneapolis.

Protests influence the opinions of voters while we still have a vote. After the George Floyd protests in my community, a justice coalition was formed consisting of secular and religious organizations meeting with city and county politicians to resolve problems locally.