On Saturday, immigrant rights advocates and religious groups organized over 330 events nationwide to demand an end to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and honor those who have died as a result of its policies, according to telesurenglish.net. Demonstrators in Los Angeles carried 73 cardboard coffins through downtown, symbolizing the immigrant deaths linked to White House policies aimed at achieving record deportation numbers. Among the names on the coffins were those of 53 immigrants who have died in ICE custody since President Trump took office, 33 of them during the fiscal year 2026.

The movement gained momentum following the recent deaths of Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Colombian national Johan Sebastián Guerrero, both killed by ICE agents. Salgado, a father of three U.S. citizens, was shot in Houston on July 7, while Guerrero was shot in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13.

In Chicago, New York, and Houston, organizers and participants sought greater transparency from the White House and demanded that the Department of Homeland Security release the three witnesses to Salgado’s shooting—Daniel Tirado Pantoja, José Trinidad Rojas Pliego, and Víctor Hugo Salgado—instead of deporting them, so they can provide statements. Erika Andiola, political director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), emphasized the importance of unity in defending immigrant workers and day laborers, who face the brunt of anti-immigrant sentiment while contributing to their communities and defending human rights.

In Houston, where Salgado lived for over 30 years, hundreds marched, including local union members and leaders, to demand accountability in the investigation of his death. Salgado’s son, Lorenzo Jr., pledged to dedicate his life to achieving justice for his father, as reported by The Houston Chronicle. Nationally, organizers urged state and local leaders to stop allocating resources to federal immigration enforcement and to cease all coordination with ICE.

Activists also called on companies like Home Depot and Target to protect their employees, customers, and communities by refusing to cooperate with ICE, which includes denying access to private property and not handing over customer information. The day of action was supported by organizations such as Disappeared in America, NDLON, The Workers Circle, Detention Watch Network, and LULAC, the oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States.