Los Angeles, Immigration Sweeps
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In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.
Protesters across the country took to the streets for ‘No Kings’ demonstrations against President Trump. ICE raided a swap meet in Santa Fe Springs and police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd in downtown L.
Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.
Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.
Driving around in hopes of witnessing agents jumping out of trucks and detaining immigrants has become a grim pastime and form of protest for some Angelenos.
At one middle school ceremony, the principal announced he had families stationed outside to alert if him if ICE showed up.
A major Los Angeles suburb revoked its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to public backlash to federal agents seeking to carry out the Trump administration’s deportation agenda by detaining illegal immigrants.
Thousands of protestors march through downtown Los Angeles in solidarity with the No Kings on Saturday, June 14. Mexican flags and banners denouncing the federal immigration raids that have occurred throughout Southern California this week,