WASHINGTON — On Veterans Day in the nation’s capital, hundreds of vets gathered not to commemorate their compatriots, but instead to protest Trump administration policies on military occupation in U.S. cities and ICE.
Veterans rallied nationwide in Portland, Chicago, Memphis, Tenn. and other major cities that have faced national guard deployment. In Washington, rally speakers shared complicated feelings about the federal holiday and the definition of service.
“Especially today on Veterans Day, I got a lot of texts from my mom, from my boss, saying ‘Thank you for your service. Thank you for what you did,’” Rob Cheng, an Army Veteran, said. “But, seeing today our streets here in D.C. full of National Guard, seeing ICE tearing apart families, it makes me really question, what does the word service mean?”
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