India, April 20 -- Nearly a fortnight after people across the United States stood up against their President Donald Trump and his policies in an agitation called 'Hands Off', similar protests erupted in the country on Saturday too. Thousands of people across the United States took out rallies opposing several contentious schemes of the current Trump administration, including deportations, support for Israel in war with Gaza, federal firings and shutting of key federal departments, anti-LGBTQ laws among other things.

The protests were carried across major cities in the US, including New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Boston and many others. People in republican states such as Texas also came out in opposition of Trump's policies.

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