One of LA's most prized civic institutions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, is now caught up in the debate over high-profile immigration raids taking place across the region.

Yesterday, the Dodgers said ICE agents requested access to their stadium parking lots, a request the organization says they denied.

The Department of Homeland Security said those agents were from customs and border protection and that their presence was unrelated to the Dodgers.

But the incident and the team's response has gotten a lot of attention in a city where one third of residents are immigrants and nearly half identify as Latino.

For more now, we're joined by Dylan Hernandez. He's a lifelong Angelino and a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Dylan, welcome to the News Hour. Thanks for joining us.

Thank you for having me on. So before we get into the context here, what do we actually know about what happened yesterday, why federal agents were at Dodgers Stadium and why DHS is saying it had nothing to do with the Dodgers?

Yeah, so from what we gathered, you know, basically there was a raid somewhere nearby in the morning,

and they needed somewhere to basically process these people. And, you know, Dodger Stadium just kind of

seemed like a convenient place, I guess, because, you know, usually if they just kind of seemed like a convenient place, I guess,

because, you know, usually if they kind of do this out of the open, crowds gather and stuff.

So, you know, they went to Dodgers Stadium. And from what, you know, our understanding is that

they got all the way to the security gates, but at the security gates, they were turned away.

And the Dodgers decision to turn them away. How did that go over with fans and the community?

I mean, I think it was kind of like finally, you know, finally they kind of showed which

side, I guess they were on, right?

You know, I think, you know, going all the way back to, you know, earlier in the season,

you know, they decided like, you know, earlier in the season, you know, they decided, like, you know, to visit the White House.

You know, obviously the White House extends invitations to teams of major sports that win championships.

The Dodgers were extended this invitation.

They decided to go.

You know, I think at the time, that was kind of, you know, not taken very well by the fan base.

You know, and then, you know, when the raids started, they really didn't say, you know,

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