Overview

• ICE raids on June 9 arrested 118 immigrants and triggered widespread protests across Los Angeles.
• Protesters have waved the Mexican flag to express cultural pride and link demonstrations to the city’s deep Mexican heritage and the Chicano Movement.
• President Trump’s administration deployed 2,000 National Guard troops and Mayor Karen Bass enacted an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew after vandalism and the looting of 23 businesses.
• At least 60 people have been arrested as clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement continue in downtown Los Angeles.
• Republican figures condemn foreign flags at protests while academics and organizers defend the Mexican flag as a symbol of unity and resistance.