Another protest gathered in Memorial Circle today (Thursday) ahead of a key decision that could kickstart construction on Trump’s proposed arch.
Officials including U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-8) and County Board member J.D. Spain Sr. — both of whom have been outspoken opponents of the project — joined demonstrators in promising ongoing opposition to the 250-foot-high structure outside Arlington National Cemetery.
Several get-out-the-vote rallies and marches will be taking place in Arlington tomorrow (Saturday).
Crowds are expected near Memorial Circle and in several residential neighborhoods in the morning. They’re among more than 2,000 events planned across the country as organizers from the “No Kings” movement encourage voter turnout in the midterms.
Several groups known for their protests against President Donald Trump are hosting get-out-the-vote rallies in Arlington next week.
Organizers in the “No Kings” movement are planning a nationwide day of voter participation on Saturday, Oct. 17.
A crowd of protesters joined several members of Congress and local officials this morning (Thursday) to protest plans for a towering arch in Memorial Circle.
Speakers including U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), senators from Oregon and Illinois, a retired U.S. Army colonel and Arlington County Board member J.D. Spain Sr. kicked off a full day of demonstrations planned near the traffic circle between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial.
Anti-ICE protesters are planning a demonstration near the South Arlington home of a top federal official tomorrow (Saturday).
A vigil and procession taking aim at ICE tactics, federal immigration policy and the actions of Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, are expected to take place in Alcova Heights.
A new court filing alleges that federal investigators may have violated a court order shielding records from the cellphone of an activist who distributed flyers about Stephen Miller in his Arlington neighborhood last year.
The filing was submitted Tuesday by Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti. At more than 80 pages, it formally closes her office’s investigation of activist Barbara Wien without charges.
Thousands took to Arlington’s highway overpasses and streets Saturday as part of the third nationwide “No Kings” day of demonstrations against the Trump administration.
Advocacy group We of Action Virginia organized two of the day’s main Arlington events: a morning “Bridge Brigade” that stationed protesters on about 20 overpasses across I-395, I-66 and Route 50, and an afternoon “Hands Across Arlington” that lined Glebe Road from S. Glebe Road near Shirlington to N. Glebe Road at Walker Chapel.
Another wave of “No Kings” protests will be taking place along several high-visibility areas in Arlington on Saturday.
They’re part of over 3,000 similar events happening around the country on the same day, protesting the Trump administration and its tactics. Culminating in a large afternoon protest along an eight-mile stretch of Glebe Road, the actions will follow similar demonstrations last June and October.
A high school student is facing several charges after allegedly attacking police amid anti-ICE walkouts Wednesday afternoon.
Hundreds of students peacefully participated in the planned walkouts at Arlington middle and high schools, protesting immigration enforcement and violence by federal agents.
A walkout in protest of immigration enforcement is in the works next week at several Arlington Public Schools facilities.
It’s unclear how large or widespread it will be, although tipsters have said action is planned at all major high schools in Arlington on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m., as well as some middle schools at a later time that afternoon.
Banging drums and shouting into megaphones to the blares of a trumpet, protesters broke the stillness of a sleepy morning in a North Arlington neighborhood today (Thursday).
The crowd of about 50 anti-ICE activists arrived at the home of Hilton President and CEO Christopher Nassetta around 7 a.m. They were protesting the hotel chain allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to stay at its properties in Minneapolis and elsewhere in the country.
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied with Arlington officials in Courthouse yesterday (Sunday) in protest of immigration enforcement killing a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis.
“I have dedicated 24 years of my life protecting Arlington because I believe law enforcement is supposed to protect the community by building trusting relationships,” Arlington Sheriff Jose Quiroz told the crowd gathered in Courthouse Plaza. “ICE is doing the opposite. The way they are operating does not keep us safe.”
