Thousands in New York protest against Donald Trump's plans for deportation and threats to reproductive rights

Reuters

Thousands of people, concerned that the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency could mean a loss of rights for immigrants, marched in New York on Saturday. The President-elect has said he plans to deport immigrants en masse when he takes office in January.

New Yorkers concerned that the election of Donald Trump could mean a loss of rights for immigrants and other vulnerable groups marched through midtown Manhattan on Saturday (9 November).

Marchers carried banners reading “Reject Fascism” and stating their opposition to President-elect Trump’s stated plans to deport illegal immigrants en masse as a small number of pro-Trump counter-protesters gathered along the protest route.

Trump campaigned to return to the White House vowing a vast immigration crackdown, including a promise to deport record numbers of immigrants in an operation Trump’s running mate JD Vance estimated could remove 1 million people per year.

Trump will take office on 20 January after defeating current Vice President Kamala Harris in the 5 November presidential election.

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