Overview

• ICE agents carried out Independence Day enforcement actions in West Hollywood and Eagle Rock, detaining workers at a car wash and food vendors at a Target location.
• Downtown Los Angeles remained a flashpoint as hundreds rallied on July 4, blocking streets and leading to police declaring unlawful assemblies and detaining multiple protesters.
• More than 1,600 people have been arrested in Southern California since early June under President Trump’s directive for intensified ICE operations supported by 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines.
• Civil-rights organizations including the ACLU of Southern California and Public Counsel filed federal suits characterizing ICE raids and the deployment of troops as unconstitutional.
• Community groups planned a 15-mile “Run Against ICE” on July 5 to highlight resistance in neighborhoods hardest hit by recent raids.