Dozens of people have attended a protest at the US Embassy in Dublin in solidarity with demonstrations against a military parade in Washington.
The parade celebrates the US Army's 250th anniversary and coincides with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday.
Large-scale demonstrations are taking place across the US and worldwide in the wake of the intensifying crackdown on immigration.
The organisers of the Dublin demonstration, Americans against Fascism, said they are rallying in "defence of democracy" and "in response to rising authoritarian threats".
The rally was also attended by Indivisible Ireland and Democrats Abroad Ireland.
Mike Cabrey, a US Army veteran, said he wanted to express his solidarity with Americans back home, despite being on holiday in Ireland and asked his tour guide to adjust the schedule to join the event in Dublin.
"The violation of basic principles in the United States of America," prompted Mr Cabrey to attend the gathering.
The veteran believes that using the military to "perform policing function in the United States" is "not constitutionally right".
"I am 30 years in the military myself. I understand what we should and should not do," he said.
Tensions have been rising after Mr Trump ordered the deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 marines to tackle protests on the streets of Los Angeles.
Using active duty troops domestically during civil disturbances is generally uncommon for the US.
"We’ve already crossed that rubicon of what we should not be doing with the military," Mr Cabrey said.
"To see [protests] happening worldwide is an incredible thing. I’m proud to be an American in that respect. I’m embarrassed of what America is doing right now," he added.
Speaking about the upcoming military parade in the US capital, Mr Cabrey said the US "should not be celebrating a President’s birthday with our military".
He believes the army should be "non-partisan and apolitical".
"Our current commander in chief is claiming that the parade is for him," he said.
One of the protesters in Dublin, a woman with the poster read 'we say no to tyranny’, described the recent events in her home country as "terrible".
"Taking immigrants off the streets with no warning – making people fearful in their own country is a terrible thing to do," she said.
She described the atmosphere inside the country as "awful," adding that holding a military parade when funding is "withdrawn from national parks and health services, is wrong".
"The way [President Donald Trump] is treating citizens and people who had to flee their country is disgusting and I’m upset and angry," another protester said.
During his election campaign and since assuming office, Mr Trump pledged to deport millions of immigrants from the US, framing the push as needed to remove serious criminals.
The White House said ICE had arrested more than 100,000 immigrants as of early June, putting the daily average at more than double the pace last year under former president Joe Biden.
An American woman living in Ireland said she came to the embassy to speak against that policy.
"We’re all immigrants here in Ireland – it would be hypocritical of us not to show our support," she said.
"We are a nation founded on immigrants. We can’t support this. Turning on our own people, people who build this country."
