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Immigration Frontlines

Los Angeles Police Department officers force a large crowd of protesters back June 8, 2025, as the groups clash near the VA Outpatient Clinic in downtown Los Angeles, Calif.

Perla Rios, a family member of a detained factory worker, cries and pleads to the media during a press conference June 9, 2025, outside Ambiance Apparel in Los Angeles, Calif. Federal immigration officers executed a raid at Ambiance Apparel on June 6, arresting more than 40 immigrant workers and igniting the protests against ICE operations in Los Angeles.

Federal officers try to leave Chinatown after performing an immigration raid late in the evening June 6, 2025, in Los Angeles Calif. but protesters block their exit. There has been swift and significant backlash to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles.

Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, is forcefully removed June 12, 2025, from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, Calif. Padilla was forced out of the room, pushed to the floor, handcuffed and later released by federal agents after interjecting Noem’s remarks with questions of his own.

People light candles and pray during a vigil for former Marine Alejandro Barranco’s father at the corner of Ritchey Street and Edinger Avenue on June 27, 2025, in Santa Ana, Calif. His father Narciso Barranco, an illegal immigrant, was violently taken by immigration agents last week while he was working a landscaping job.

California National Guard troops stand in front of the Robert Young Federal Building June 9, 2025, as a large crowd of protesters fills north Los Angeles Street in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. This comes after President Donald Trump federalized the California National Guard on June 7 in a controversial and legally contested act of executive power.

Job Garcia stands in the doorway of his Silver Lake apartment June 20, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. Garcia, an American citizen, was arrested and held during an immigration raid at a Los Angeles area Home Depot. He was release at 8:30 a.m. this morning

Active duty Marines stand guard June 13, 2025, at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, Calif. President Donald Trump overrode Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom and sent 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 active duty Marines into Los Angeles to protect federal property.

Christopher Luna Garcia, 14, sells tamales to customers from his mother’s cart near Villa Parke as the sun rises on July 4, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. Luna has been selling tamales from his mother’s cart because she is afraid she will be detained by immigration enforcement who has been conducting raids at nearby apartment complexes.

A local man who asked to remain unnamed, hold signs during a community vigil June 21, 2025, at Villa Parke in Pasadena, Calif. The vigil is in support of those taken by immigration officials at the nearby Marengo Village Apartments early in the day, and their dependent family members left behind.

A protester yells at a Los Angeles Police Department officer June 9, 2025, as the police work to disperse a crowd in downtown Los Angeles, Calif.

A usually bustling Santee Alley sees little to no foot traffic June 15, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. Wide spread federal immigration enforcement across Los Angeles cause people to fear deportation, resulting in the loss of active community hubs across the region.

Narciso Barranco cries and is comforted by his wife as he speaks to the media during a press conference at the Old Orange County Courthouse July 25, 2025 in Santa Ana, Calif. Barranco, father of three Marines, was violently detained by immigration officials while he was working at a landscaping job in June and is speaking publicly for the first time since being released from federal custody on bond.

A person walks over a blood-stained sidewalk June 8, 2025, during a large protest outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. The Metropolitan Detention center has been at the heart of the protests in downtown Los Angeles because it is where detained immigrants have been held. It is now guarded by Marines.