Speakers at a Missoula "No Kings" rally sharply criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and urged local communities to support immigrants and resist aggressive federal enforcement.

Carrie Hong, who identified herself as an immigration lawyer and law professor, told the crowd that immigration enforcement has harmed families and described examples she said illustrated ICE brutality, including late-night raids and civilian harm. "ICE is violent," Hong said, adding that in her account ICE actions have injured journalists and used restraints on children.

Hong told attendees that, in her view, federal funding priorities have shifted: she said Congress recently provided the Department of Homeland Security with a substantial appropriation and contrasted that with unmet needs for health care. "In July 2025, Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security $185,000,000,000," she said; the speaker framed that funding level as part of a broader policy choice.

Hong urged Missoula residents to organize locally to protect families, describe immigrants as neighbors and coworkers, and pursue policies that welcome strangers. She invoked religious texts and civic values as reasons to resist deportations and to advocate for amnesty and humane immigration policies.

Her remarks were appeals for civil organizing and legal advocacy rather than formal municipal actions. Organizers at the rally asked attendees to visit tables to learn how to support immigrant families and to sign up for volunteer actions.

The rally also included calls to check local hospitality and business policies and to adopt "welcome" signage; these were framed as community-level, voluntary actions rather than municipal ordinances.

The claims about specific ICE operations and federal appropriations reflect the speaker's account; no federal officials or funding documents were presented at the event.