JOHN YANG: Good evening.

I'm John Yang.

This# week's series of shootings by federal agents## enforcing President Trump's crackdown on illegal# immigration has sparked a weekend of protests.## There were rallies and demonstrations across# the country.

They were organized after a woman## was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs# Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday and## a Customs and Border Protection agent wounded# two people the next day in Portland, Oregon.

In Minneapolis, crowds gathered in the city where# an ICE officer shot and killed 37 year-old- Renee## Nicole Good and demanded that ICE leave.

Voices of# anger and outrage were heard across the country.

STEVEN EUBANKS, Protester: Killing# people in the streets intimidation## tactics is horrifying and we can't# allow it.

We have to stand up.

WOMAN: We want ICE off the streets.

JOHN YANG: From Durham, North Carolina, to# rainy Washington, D.C.

and Philadelphia,## demonstrators in hundreds of cities and towns# took to the streets in a mass protest dubbed## the ICE out for Good Weekend of Action.

Some# protesters say ICE is overstepping its legal## power and jeopardizing public safety.

For others,# the threat to democracy is just as urgent.

KELLY MIKEL WILLIAMS, Candidate for U.S.# Congress: We will win when we come together,## because it's not about them, it's about us.# Trump must go now.

ICE must go for good.

JOHN YANG: More protests are scheduled for# tomorrow.

Lisa Gilbert is the co-president of## Public Citizen, a progressive advocacy group# that helped organize today's protests.

Lisa,## what are you hearing from around the# country about turnout and whether or## not there have been any problems or troubles?

LISA GILBERT, Co-President, Public Citizen:# Well, turnout has been amazing.

We're holding## 1,000 plus events, peaceful, lawful vigils# around the country in this astounding moment## where people are reacting to an atrocity.# It was organized in only 48 hours and so## the massive numbers we're seeing the number# of people turning out telling their neighbors## to turn out all of it just demonstrates the real# magnitude of the outrage that I think people are.

JOHN YANG: Were you surprised# that it came together so quickly?

LISA GILBERT: I think this issue really# impacts us all.

No one in America should## walk the street fearful of masked agents should# be worrying that their businesses could be## ransacked or facing intimidation and violence# or even death just for being a good neighbor## I think many people see themselves in this# incident have been truly horrified at the## escalating violence that they've seen from ICE# and CBP and this moment sparked a people are## reacting to an abuse of power that they've# been watching for many weeks and months.

JOHN YANG: what was the goal for# today what do you hope to accomplish?

LISA GILBERT: The goal for today is to have# a community led non-violent lawful reaction## to the horrors that we've been seeing the# deadly violence the terror wielded by ICE## the abuse of power from Trump none of# it is acceptable.

So we want to honor## and humanize the lives that have been taken# by ICE.

We want to demand accountability and## transparency and immediate investigation# into the killing of Renee Good and just## really expose the systematic pattern of violence# which, you know, it does not just include Renee.

It includes 30 plus lives that have been lost in# ICE detention just in 2025.

So calling attention,## calling for accountability, these are our goals.

JOHN YANG: The Trump administration has# already said that they're going to send in,## deploy more a bigger federal presence# into Minneapolis.

What do you say to that?

LISA GILBERT: I think it is exactly the# wrong reaction.

People are calling for this## nonessential, unnecessary, militarized# force to leave.

The reaction has been## clear.

And what more troops will spark is more# intensity.

And what we want to do is deescalate,## focus on accountability for# the harms that have already## been perpetrated and move forward.

This# is exactly the wrong direction to go.

JOHN YANG: Both Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye# and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz warned against## doing anything that could sort of be served, be# used as a pretext for sending in more federal## agents.

What do you say to that?

Was that a# concern when you were organizing these events?

LISA GILBERT: Well, our events are First Amendment# rights protests.

So long as they are nonviolent## and peaceful, which they have been and which was# the goal and undergirded all of our organizing.## We were not concerned that what were# doing could spark reaction of this nature.

However, we know the Trump administration is# seeking any excuse to put further troops into## the nation to militarize at higher levels.# We've even been fearful, as many know,## of the Insurrection Act being invoked at any# spurious pretext.

So we are of course always## worried about what the Trump administration# will do.

They have clear authoritarian goals.

But I think what we can control is# how peaceful and clear our actions## are.

And they're needed in this moment of# violence.

We need to stand up together.

JOHN YANG: And do you think the# momentum will keep up tomorrow?

LISA GILBERT: I do, absolutely.

I think we've# only seen growth throughout the day.

Yesterday## there were 500 events.

By the night there were# 800, by the morning there were a thousand,## and so on and so forth.

People are# really outraged and it's showing up## everywhere across the country and# we expect it to continue building.

JOHN YANG: Lisa Gilbert, co-president# of Public Citizen, thank you very much.

LISA GILBERT: Thank you.