Our photographer Roberto E. Rosales scoped out Civic Plaza on Friday, June 20 when thousands of New Mexicans gathered to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and to call for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Here is his photo essay of the event.
Friday evening Albuquerque’s downtown saw a large presence of anti ICE protesters marching throughout downtown. Many holding signs and chanting demanding that ICE gets out of Albuquerque. Pictured is a masked mariachi who came to protest at Civic Plaza with his group. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / The Paper 
Friday evening Albuquerque’s downtown saw a large presence of anti ICE protesters marching throughout downtown. Many holding signs and chanting demanding that ICE gets out of Albuquerque. Pictured is a protester waving the Mexican flag in downtown Civic Plaza. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / The Paper 
Friday evening Albuquerque’s downtown saw a large presence of anti ICE protesters marching throughout downtown. Many holding signs and chanting demanding that ICE gets out of Albuquerque. Pictured are protesters in downtown Civic Plaza. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / The Paper Credit: Photo by Roberto E. Rosales 
Friday evening Albuquerque’s downtown saw a large presence of anti ICE protesters marching throughout downtown. Many holding signs and chanting demanding that ICE gets out of Albuquerque. Pictured are protesters in downtown Civic Plaza. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / The Paper 
Friday evening Albuquerque’s downtown saw a large presence of anti ICE protesters marching throughout downtown. Many holding signs and chanting demanding that ICE gets out of Albuquerque. Pictured are protesters in downtown Civic Plaza. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / The Paper 
Friday evening Albuquerque’s downtown saw a large presence of anti ICE protesters marching throughout downtown. Many holding signs and chanting demanding that ICE gets out of Albuquerque. Pictured is an indigenous protester in downtown Civic Plaza. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / The Paper