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Nationwide protests demand ICE abolition, voting-rights protection

7/18/2026

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Thousands protested nationwide this weekend, with nearly 700 voting-rights events and over 100 AI datacenter demos, demanding ICE accountability and voting-rights protection.
Over 70 ICE Out rallies on July 18 demanded justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
Answer Coalition and 50501 urged ICE abolition and warned that the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision and the Save America Act threaten Black, brown and Native American voting power.

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Thousands protested nationwide this weekend, with nearly 700 voting-rights events and over 100 AI datacenter demos, demanding ICE accountability and voting-rights protection.
Over 70 ICE Out rallies on July 18 demanded justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
Answer Coalition and 50501 urged ICE abolition and warned that the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision and the Save America Act threaten Black, brown and Native American voting power.