In Los Angeles, several hundred people rallied at a downtown Mexican-American cultural center and plaza. Saturday's events in in Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Jose, California, and elsewhere took place as thousands participated in a "We Shall Not Be Moved" march and rally in Washington ahead of Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. In Los Angeles, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, spokesman for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, said, "We put the Trump administration on notice that we're not going to sit idly by while he destroys our community." President Barack Obama in 2012 launched an executive effort to protect some young immigrants from deportation, after multiple proposals failed in Congress. ___Associated Press writers Don Babwin in Chicago and Robert Jablon in Los Angeles contributed to this story.

Source: New York Times January 14, 2017 17:37 UTC