Ezequiel Echeverria, 3, holds a Mexican flag as his family and others gathered with protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Photos: Immigration enforcement protest
On Friday, January 31, 2025, freelance photographer Carlos Moreno captured a demonstration against President Trump's mass deportation plans in National City.
A large gathering of protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)A large gathering of protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)A large gathering of protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Mini-bikers and a large gathering of protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Mini-bikers and a large gathering of protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Love Garner, 1, holds a sign with her mom with a sign that read “Stop Pretending Your Racism is Patriotism” as they gathered with protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Protestors carried sign that reads “we will defend our land” and “Make America Mexico Again” via car as they protested along with 300 plus people at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)A large gathering of protestors at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)Protestors carried signs one of them of President Donald Trump that read “the real criminal is Trump” in reference to his conviction and not about migrants, as they protested along with 300 plus people at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)A young woman carries a sign that reads “Immigrants Make America Great” as she protested Trump policies along with 300-plus people on Highland Avenue in National City on Jan. 31, 2025. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)A young woman carries a Mexican flag a top of a car as she protested along with 300 plus people at National City’s Highland Avenue in San Diego County on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 demonstrated against anti-immigrant policies towards Mexicans living and working in the US and San Diego as three hundred marches and waved Mexican flags in of their pride of being Mexican, their families and against racism, as the Trump istration as geared up to do mass deportations since he took office on Jan. 20th. (Carlos Moreno / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)