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ByStevePeoplesand Amy Taxin The Associated Press NEW YORK Thousands of people chanted, pick- eted and marched on cities across America on Monday as May Day demonstra- tions raged against Presi- dent Donald Trump's im- migration policies. Protesters flooded streets in Chicago. They demanded "Donald Trump has got to go!" at the White House gates. And they sparked at least four arrests after creating a human chain to block a county building in Oakland, California, where demonstrators demanded that county law enforce- ment refuse to collaborate with federal immigration agents. Despite the California clash, the initial rounds of nationwide protests were largely peaceful as immi- grants, union members and their allies staged a series of strikes, boycotts and marches to highlight the contributions of immi- grants in the United States. "It is sad to see that now being an immigrant is equivalent to almost be- ing a criminal," said Mary Quezada, a 58-year-old North Carolina woman who joined those marching on Washington. She offered a pointed message to Trump: "Stop bullying immigrants." The demonstrations on May Day, celebrated as In- ternational Workers' Day, follow similar actions worldwide in which pro- testers from the Philip- pines to Paris demanded better working conditions. But the widespread pro- tests in the United States were aimed directly at the new Republican president, who has followed aggres- sive anti-immigrant rhet- oric on the campaign trail with aggressive action in the White House. Trump, in his first 100 days, has intensified im- migration enforcement, in- cluding executive orders for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and a ban on travel- ers from six predominantly Muslim countries. The gov- ernment has arrested thou- sands of immigrants in the country illegally and threat- ened to withhold fund- ing from jurisdictions that limit cooperation between local and federal immigra- tion authorities. The travel ban and sanctuary cities or- der were temporarily halted by legal challenges. Trump has said his pol- icies are meant to keep America safe. In Chicago, 28-year- old Brenda Burciaga was among thousands of people who marched through the streets to push back against the new administration. MAY DAY Th ou sa nd s of p eo pl e in U S ra ll y for workers, against Trump By Jim Salter The Associated Press ST.LOUIS Several southern states braced for more se- vere weather Monday in the wake of storms, tornadoes and flooding that claimed 16 lives and left authorities in Arkansas searching for two children swept away by raging waters. The outbreak that began Saturday over much of the U.S. Midwest and South in- cluded at least four torna- does in Texas and severe flooding after more than a foot of rain fell in parts of Missouri. The storm even spawned a rare mid-spring snowstorm in Kansas. It's not over yet. More flooding and tornadoes are possible as storms roll east- ward in a band stretching from Alabama into the Ohio River valley. A wind advi- sory was in effect over much of the South. Parts of the Florida Panhandle could be affected by severe thunder- storms or high winds and dangerous rip currents. In Missouri, docile creeks swelled to danger- ous levels, and river lev- els jumped after the down- pours. The Missouri State Emergency Management Agency counted 143 water rescues statewide but ac- knowledged that countless others probably weren't re- ported. Hundreds of peo- ple were evacuated, a levee was topped in a rural area northwest of St. Louis, and a 57-mile stretch of Inter- state 44 was closed. The Mississippi River was well above flood stage at several points, including Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where it is expected to crest later this week within a half-foot of the all-time re- cord of 48.9 feet. Near Cape Girardeau, residents of tiny Allenville were urged to evacuate, but many did not, even as the town was surrounded by water. The only way in or out was by boat. "The old-timers, they know how the river reacts," Cape Girardeau County emergency management di- rector Richard Knaup said. "They're old swampers, let me tell you. They're good country folks. They'd sooner take care of them- selves than depend on the government." Hundreds of people spent Monday sandbagging Mis- souri towns along the Mer- amec River, just 16 months after record flooding along the suburban St. Louis wa- terway. Eureka police Sgt. David Sindel said 30 to 50 homes in his town are en- dangered,alongwithabouta dozenbusinessesastheriver is expected to reach within half-a-footofthe2015record. "Unfortunately, it's Mother Nature and I guess there's not much we can do about it," Sindel said. Flash floods in Missouri were blamed in the deaths of a 77-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman, whose husband desperately tried to save her before their car was swept away. SEVERE WEATHER 16 d ea d a er t or na do es , floods ravage Midwest, South ROGELIOV.SOLIS—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Dee Andre Johnson, 48, hauls off branches Monday that fell on his neighbor's house Sunday morning, during a possible tornado that swept through Durant, Miss. 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