Protesters use CWS as backdrop to decry Trump immigration policies, raids
Saturday rally planned near downtown Omaha and across Nebraska as part of national ‘No Kings’ nationwide protests
By: Cindy Gonzalez and Juan Salinas II - June 13, 2025 11:16 pm
OMAHA — Using Nebraska’s crown jewel of tourism as a backdrop, several hundred protesters marched amid College World Series fans Friday night — chanting and carrying signs criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics.
The demonstration in downtown Omaha was sparked by organizers including Juan Elizondo, in the wake of Tuesday’s high-profile worksite enforcement raid on a food plant in Omaha that led to the detention of nearly 80 workers.
“We hope to gain attention to our despair,” Elizondo, 32, said of the protest on opening day of the nationally televised NCAA men’s baseball tournament. “All of us know somebody affected. They are people of the community. We are the product of our community, and we feel it’s our duty to step up and have our voices heard.”
‘No Kings’
On the heels of Friday’s protest is another planned midday Saturday across the Missouri River, at Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park in Council Bluffs. That rally, separately organized, brings together Omaha and Bluffs residents to join the national “No Kings” protests calling out what organizers describe as authoritarian overreach by the Trump administration.
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A parade of protesters lined multiple blocks of downtown Omaha Friday evening to protest this week’s ICE raid that led to nearly 80 workers being detained, including some suspected of using stolen IDs to gain employment. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
