The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects people’s rights to protest, and people in America have been using that right to its full potential in the past few weeks.

Following the shooting of mother and protester Renee Nicole Good and ICU nurse and protester Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Sunday of last week, many citizens have taken to the streets to speak out against these deaths and demand justice for those harmed.

These protests have been dubbed “ICE Out Everywhere” and “ICE Out For Good”, and the demand is that President Donald Trump withdraw ICE from the major U.S. cities, and the Immigration Officers who are allegedly responsible for the deaths of protesters are taken to court.

On top of physically protesting ICE, plans for a nationwide “blackout” have become very popular and increasingly discussed on social media. People are instructed to not attend school, work and avoid shopping or spending money on January 30 with the goal of showing solidarity with those harmed by Immigration Officers.

In another show of solidarity, schools across the United States have planned and executed walkouts against ICE. The walkouts range from sitting in a silent protest on campus to walking off campus and protesting in the streets. High schools and middle schools have organized these events, which have resulted in media attention that continues to grow.

University of California, Riverside (UCR) student and political science major, Samantha Esposito, commented on the protests, stating, “People are angry, and they want to be heard. And if they are loud, they will be heard.”

Another UCR student who is majoring in criminal justice, Eduardo Hernandez, said, “ICE needs to be abolished, and the only way to get what we want is to fight for it.”

Right now, the message that the United States wants to send is clear, and the protests show no sign of stopping until justice is served.