Key Points
- Anti-ICE protestors marched through downtown San Diego on the first day of Comic-Con 2026.
- Dozens rallied and displayed banners decrying abuses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as Comic-Con attendees queued up for events and activations.
- Mike Rothbaum, the rabbi at Congregation Dor Hadash, tells EW that the rally and accompanying Tisha B’Av vigil were a way of “grieving those who have died at the hands of ICE.”
Anti-ICE protestors joined the fans, gamers, cosplayers, and collectors on the streets of downtown San Diego on Thursday.
The intersection of Fifth Ave. and L St. was already thronged by attendees queuing up for panels, screenings, and activations on the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2026 when dozens of protestors marched toward the annual fan expo’s central hub — the San Diego Convention Center, located just across nearby Harbor Blvd.
The group rallied around a large black banner that read, “ICE OUT OF SD,” while others carried homemade signs decrying Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the controversial agency established in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks that has employed increasingly aggressive tactics in President Donald Trump’s second term…