Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and other local lawmakers deliver a united message, urging for peace and safety in preparation for upcoming anti-ICE protests around Seattle.

Roughly 60 demonstrators were arrested on Friday outside the U.S. Capitol after breaching a police line of bike racks and running toward steps leading to the Capitol Rotunda.

Democratic policies regarding immigration has evolved as attitudes have hardened after record border crossings during Joe Biden's administration.

Hundreds of people gathered at Washington Square Park in downtown City on Thursday, protesting the Trump administrations's raids on undocumented immigrants. Then they marched to the federal building.

Once Spokane police did arrive en masse and protesters refused to disperse from the immediate area surrounding the ICE offices, continuing to attempt to blockade the entrances, the use of limited crowd dispersal munitions such as smoke grenades and pepper balls became necessary, as did the eventual curfew order, she argued.

Protests erupted across the U.S. earlier this week, in response to the raids against undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles. At times, the demonstrations took a violent turn as self-driving Waymo taxis were set on fire and concrete was hurled at law enforcement officers.

The massive military parade planned in Washington, D.C., this weekend could send the national mood from tense to combustible, as President Donald Trump doubled down on threats to protesters.

A federal grand jury indicted Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) on charges of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center last month.