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Latino USA

'It's Our Right as Americans': LA Protests Against ICE

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Society & Culture, News, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began a series of raids in Los Angeles, and their actions were the boiling point after months of violent apprehensions.

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0:00.0

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0:39.4

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Futuro.

0:51.7

An 18-year-old girl got the call while she was at school.

0:55.5

She was told, something's going on where your dad works, and she came down here tearfully,

0:59.8

not understanding necessarily, but actually had a visual of her father through the window of that store.

1:06.6

Last Friday, ICE agents arrived in Los Angeles with a clear plan, detain undocumented immigrants.

1:14.8

This is the Amiens Apparel store where the FBI Homeland Security and ICE agents performed a raid a couple of hours ago.

1:21.7

We're just now seeing some people that are being detained.

1:25.2

Their first stop was at an apparel manufacturer in the city's fashion district,

1:30.3

locally known as the Cajjones or the Santee Alleyes,

1:33.8

where many workers are immigrants, some undocumented.

1:37.6

It was the first of several raids that day, the beginning of a militarized operation.

1:43.2

Three blocks away, I saw the laborers running from our local Home Depot.

1:47.6

I took off my heels, grabbed my megaphone, and ran in that direction.

1:51.8

DHS reported that it detained more than a hundred immigrants.

1:55.9

In a matter of hours, hundreds of Angelinos of all races and backgrounds

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