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Kim Kardashian Condemns LA ICE Raids as Federal Troops Face California Challenge

Her intervention highlights intensifying backlash to ICE tactics as California mounts a legal challenge against the federal troop deployment.

Kim Kardashian REACTS To ICE Raids in LA, Supports Immigrants: There HAS To Be A BETTER Way
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"When we witness innocent, hardworking people being ripped from their families in inhumane ways, we have to speak up," the business mogul wrote on Instagram.

Overview

  • On June 10, Kardashian used her Instagram story to criticize ICE for removing nonviolent immigrants and called for a better enforcement approach to immigration law.
  • ICE arrested at least 44 people in Los Angeles in raids that began June 6 under the Trump administration’s mass deportation initiative.
  • Protests have continued in Los Angeles for six days, with demonstrators defying an emergency curfew imposed by city authorities.
  • President Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles without Governor Newsom's approval, prompting a state lawsuit.
  • Kardashian’s record in criminal justice reform and her past support for President Trump’s commutation of Alice Johnson’s sentence contextualize her current criticism of federal immigration enforcement.