Overview

• Peaceful protests have persisted in Los Angeles since early June in response to ICE raids that community leaders call unusually cruel.
• The administration deployed National Guard troops and Marines to enforce order after demonstrations, marking an unprecedented military response to peaceful immigrant rights rallies.
• Sen. Alex Padilla was handcuffed during a demonstration after he questioned the administration’s immigration policies, highlighting tensions between lawmakers and federal agents.
• Over a dozen members of Los Angeles’s Indigenous Zapotec community were detained during a workplace raid, underscoring the impact on vulnerable populations.
• Advocates warn that President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would add $75 billion to enforcement funding and that efforts to add a citizenship question on the next census could deter immigrant participation and reduce representation.