A rally of protest for the end of the immigration raids “ICE” extended from Capitol Hill in downtown Seattle on Wednesday evening.
Participants paraded from Cal Anderson Park in the Seattle district of Capitol Hill at the Federal Building Henry M. Jackson in downtown Seattle. Many transport signs with sentences, in particular: “immigration rights are human law”.
“We are here to say, Ice Out of Seattle. Ice Out of everywhere,” said a protester at Kiro Newsradio. “Stop the raids and stop the deportations.”
Signs during the demonstration of Cal Anderson Park in the Seattle district of Capitol Hill. (Photo: Gwen Baumgardner, Kiro Newsradio)
The rally started at 7 p.m., the walk starting about an hour later.
Cal Anderson demonstrators are in motion. pic.twitter.com/l05ppc8qel
– Kiro Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙 (@kironewsradio) June 12, 2025
The publication of social media for the event has collected hundreds of comments and sharing leading to the event. About 200 demonstrators met and walked from Cal Anderson Park to the Federal Building Henry M. Jackson in downtown Seattle, meeting another group of around fifty demonstrators, according to Kiro Newsradio.
Cal Anderson demonstrators arrive at the federal building. pic.twitter.com/fawrzejtdq
– Kiro Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙 (@kironewsradio) June 12, 2025
The demonstrators meet for a second night outside the federal building in Seattle. pic.twitter.com/co4m4czn0k
– Kiro Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙 (@kironewsradio) June 12, 2025
SPD warns neighbors and companies operating in these neighborhoods that there are a chance that small unconquitated groups will join the event in order to commit acts of violence, according to Kiro 7.
The agents also warned that this demonstration could lead to track closings, depending on the size of the walk and its management.
Kiro Newsradio is on the scene. Another rally at Cal Anderson Park was scheduled for Saturday June 14 at 12 noon
Hundreds come together for an anti-ice event in Cal Anderson de Seattle park pic.twitter.com/l4asyri67t
– Gwen Baumgardner (@newsgirlgwen) June 12, 2025
No interference from the federal government, say local leaders
The local leaders of Washington said they expect the police to take care of demonstrations with professionalism and without “interference from the federal government”.
Governor Bob Ferguson, the director of the county of King Shannon Braddock, the mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell, the director of the county of Pierce Ryan Mello and the mayor of Tacoma Victoria Woodards published on Wednesday afternoon a joint declaration condemning President Donald Trump for having sent the National Guard to California despite the objections of his governor.
Ferguson signed a bill on April 21 which prevents military forces outside the state from entering Washington.
The law entered into force immediately due to an emergency clause.
This is a story in development, come back for updates.
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