Progressive groups stage 'ICE Tea Party' protest for Boston Harbor

State of play: Around 1,000 protesters plan to rally at the Irish Famine Memorial Plaza (outside the Old South Meeting House where the OG Tea Party kicked off) before marching to the waterfront.

• They'll hurl clean ice blocks into the harbor near the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.
• The event coincides with the 252nd anniversary of the original Boston Tea Party.
• Mass 50501 and Boston Indivisible organized the nonviolent action.
• State conservation guidelines mandated the use of only environmentally safe, clean ice.

The big picture: The protest targets Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that have accelerated under the Trump administration.

• The theatrical protest is a response to earlier threats from Trump's border czar Tom Homan, who said he'd be "bringing hell" to Boston.
• Organizers positioned the demonstration as "modern-day civic action against political tyranny," protesting what they describe as "armed government intimidation" and advocating for Massachusetts' Safe Communities Act.