They used to be young activists. Now they're 'old hippies' protesting Trump. [View all]
Source: USA Today
Updated Sept. 7, 2025, 9:45 a.m. ET
EL PASO, Texas ‒ Bonnie Daniels and Dee Anne Croucher didn't expect to spend their retirement in the florescent-lit halls of immigration court, facing down masked ICE agents.
But that's where they head daily to quietly challenge President Donald Trump's crackdown. They warn immigrants what awaits them. They hand out Sharpies so each can write an emergency contact phone number on their forearm. They hold the immigrants' hands, walking shoulder to shoulder with them into the crowd of agents blocking the exit.
Like other seniors on the front lines of resistance to the Trump administration, Daniels and Croucher are old enough to have protested the Vietnam War and to have not trusted anyone over 30. Now they and a number of their peers are spending their golden years standing outside the White House with handmade signs, hosting sit-ins, picketing on rural street corners and protesting Trump's amped-up immigration enforcement.
Research shows Americans tend to become more conservative as they grow older, and 79-year-old Republican Trump boasts legions of his own septuagenarian fans. But seniors who have held on to the politics of their youth say they have the time, energy and guts to anchor the protest movements and anti-Trump activism surging around the country.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/50-states/2025/09/07/senior-activists-protest-trump-immigration/85757268007/
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