{"id":1388471,"date":"2025-02-06T03:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1388471"},"modified":"2025-02-08T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:31:16","slug":"longview-protesters-rally-against-trumps-immigration-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1388471","title":{"rendered":"Longview protesters rally against Trump\u2019s immigration policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1388472\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/2025-02-06_033458-198x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/2025-02-06_033458-198x200.png 198w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/2025-02-06_033458.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>LONGVIEW \u2014 On Wednesday afternoon, Longview residents took to the streets to protest President Trump\u2019s recent immigration policies, as well as those he is planning to implement in the coming week. According to our news partner KETK, more than a dozen Longview residents, ranging from children to the elderly, gathered near the Longview Mall to peacefully protest Trump\u2019s actions. Passing drivers honked in support, adding to the demonstration\u2019s momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time we speak up, with the current president and all of the outrageous changes, we need to be loud! Everyone deserves their rights,\u201d the protest flyer said. \u201cImmigrants, LGBTQ members, women and anyone of color! It\u2019s time for change and we cannot go back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a small group of counter-protesters assembled across from the main demonstration, expressing support for Trump\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>Similar protests are occurring statewide, including one in Nacogdoches on Saturday at 3 p.m. on 1717 North Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 On Wednesday afternoon, Longview residents took to the streets to protest President Trump\u2019s recent immigration policies, as well as those he is planning to implement in the coming week. According to our news partner KETK, more than a dozen Longview residents, ranging from children to the elderly, gathered near the Longview Mall to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1388471\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Longview protesters rally against Trump\u2019s immigration policies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1388473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/2025-02-06_033458-198x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 13:52:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/02\/2025-02-06_033458-198x200.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1388471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388582,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388471\/revisions\/1388582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1388473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1388471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1388471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1388471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}