Protesters at an earlier San Antonio demonstration voice anger at the White House’s immigration policies. Credit: Instagram / @pslsatx

San Antonio activists will gather this Sunday to protest a recent upswing in local arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The protest, hosted by the San Antonio chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), will start at 11 a.m. at San Antonio City Hall, 100 Military Plaza.

“As part of the Trump Administration’s racist mass deportation campaign, ICE, [the Department of Homeland Security] and [the San Antonio Police Department] have been collaborating in a major escalation of abductions, detainments and deportations of migrant individuals and families in and around San Antonio,” PSL said in an Instagram announcement of Sunday’s action.

The demonstration is centered around the rallying cry, “No to mass deportations, ICE out of San Antonio.”

Last week, the Alamo City was thrust into the national spotlight via media coverage of ICE immigration sweeps. Those included a Wednesday operation outside San Antonio Immigration Court, where some of the people arrested had reportedly appeared for scheduled court dates relating to their immigration status.

At Wednesday’s action, contractors from London-based multinational security company G4S joined plainclothes ICE agents to conduct the arrests. Reports on the incident included shocking imagery of children in zip ties as they were being detained.

Another ICE bust occurred Friday at the UTSA main campus, where agents arrested an unknown number of construction workers.

Last week’s upswing in enforcement actions coincided with a new Trump administration quota requiring 3,000 ICE arrests daily, a change White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller revealed last Wednesday on Fox News.

Meanwhile, both chambers of the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature have approved Senate Bill 8, which requires most sheriffs in the state to collaborate with ICE as it makes enforcement sweeps. The legislation is now on Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk, and he’s widely expected to sign it into law.

“Migrants are being blamed for the failure of economic policies imposed on us by the billionaire class,” the San Antonio PSL chapter said in its Instagram post. “The scapegoating of immigrants only benefits the wealthy elite, so people of all backgrounds must stand against racist deportations!”

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This article appears in May 29 – Jun 11, 2025.

Stephanie Koithan is the Digital Content Editor of the San Antonio Current. In her role, she writes about politics, music, art, culture and food. Send her a tip at skoithan@sacurrent.com.