University of Chicago student Karen Chuchuca thought of her father, an Ecuadorian immigrant who has worked as a truck driver for 25 years, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this week reinforcing a federal law requiring commercial motor drivers speak English.

Activists have organized May Day protests in Chicago and around the country to protest President Trump's policies, especially around immigration.

Chicago was one of hundreds of cities across the country where people took to the streets to mark May Day, a holiday with deep roots in the city’s labor history.