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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Hundreds of ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day rallies take place across US

people hold signs such as 'we the people have the power' and 'power to the workers not the billionaires!' as they march in protest
People participate in a Labor Day protest in Chicago, Illinois, on 1 September. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Reuters

As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor, Brandon Johnson, sharply denounced the Trump administration’s threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown.

“No federal troops in the city of Chicago,” said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the “Workers over Billionaires” demonstration in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood.

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