US EditionDowntown LA Businesses Looted, Vandalized Amid Ongoing State of Unrest over Immigration Raids, Protests
- Demonstrations opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations broke out throughout downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, leading to escalating disturbances by Monday evening.
- Federal immigration raids starting Friday targeted undocumented immigrants and triggered community outrage amid President Trump's harsh immigration policies and mass deportations.
- Demonstrators clashed with police, vandalized vehicles, looted stores including Apple and Adidas, and disrupted streets while law enforcement declared unlawful assemblies to restore order.
- More than 100 people, including SEIU California President David Huerta, were arrested by Monday night as Los Angeles Police Department activated Tactical Alert and National Guard troops deployed.
- The unrest has amplified tensions between city officials and the federal government, with local leaders condemning the raids and National Guard deployment as unnecessary and harmful.
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Thousands protest immigration raids in Los Angeles
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Monday to protest federal immigration raids and what many described as an increasingly authoritarian climate in the United States. The rally, held at Gloria Molina Grand Park, was supported by labour unions and local activists. Marchers carried signs demanding an end to workplace immigration raids and the expulsion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from the city.
The raids against migrants intensified yesterday in this city, as did the protests. The rejection of Immigration and Customs Control (ICE) measures was spread to about twenty cities in the United States, such as San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and New York. On the fourth day of protests in Los Angeles, more ICE operatives were reported and the Trump Administration ordered the deployment of additional troops from the National Guar…
Protests erupt across Southern California following ICE raids
A California Highway Patrol officer pulls an electric scooter off a vehicle on a highway as protesters throw objects at the police vehicles near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
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