On Monday afternoon, dozens of protesters gathered at the Colorado Springs Administrative Building to support Los Angeles protestors opposing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The rally, organized by the Colorado Springs Alliance, had several guest speakers, all of whom spoke about President Donald Trump’s intensification of nationwide deportation arrests and expressed criticism of the deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

On Friday, after a string of deportation arrests around Los Angeles, protestors gathered in the downtown area. Over the weekend, protests spread to neighboring cities such as Compton and Paramount and tensions escalated.

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Trista Warden, a Colorado Springs native, was among those who spoke at Monday’s downtown rally .

“The terror that ICE continues to reign on people should be forced to come to an end,” Warden said. “ICE isn’t doing their job. They are operating as a force of terror.”

Another Colorado Springs native, Bear Wilson, said he attended the protest due to what he called the hatred that the president has shown toward all people.

“(Donald Trump) is stripping people of their rights. He doesn’t care what color you are, what race you are, what sex you are or your sexual identity — he is after all of us,” Wilson said.

Trump ran for re-election on a campaign of strict immigration enforcement. Since taking office, he has followed up on that promise, instructing executive branch agencies, including ICE, to increase deportations of anyone not given legal status to be in the country, particularly those believed to have committed crimes while in the United States.

The roughly 40-50 protestors Monday are on the opposite end of the issue from most area leaders. Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade has publicly invited more ICE raids, like the one that took place on April 27 at an underground club that resulted in more than 100 people being arrested for allegedly not having legal status. Both the City Council and the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners have issued declarations aligning themselves against “sanctuary” policies that could impede deportations.

Another anti-ICE protest is planned Tuesday at the Colorado State Capitol at 5:30 p.m.