A protest over immigration broke out next to a Compton restaurant. The owner, an immigrant, offered help to both protesters and cops

A protest over immigration broke out next to a Compton restaurant. The owner, an immigrant, ...

Elizabeth Mendoza watched nervously as demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and policies clashed with police outside of her Compton restaurant, Restaurante Y Pupuseria La Ceiba. “It started with just a few people, then it started growing very quickly,” she told CNN in an interview translated from Spanish. Mendoza, herself an immigrant from El Salvador, has gained notoriety after videos of her and her staff shelteri…

A protest over immigration broke out next to a Compton restaurant. The owner, an immigrant, offered help to both protesters and cops

Elizabeth Mendoza watched nervously as demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration raids and policies clashed with police outside of her Compton restaurant, Restaurante Y Pupuseria La Ceiba.