The recent deployment of 700 Marines in Los Angeles by Donald Trump, along with 2,000 National Guard troops, has escalated tensions surrounding ICE's aggressive deportation efforts. Protests erupted in response to the raids targeting immigrant workers, led by figures such as SEIU president David Huerta. His arrest and subsequent rallying cry emphasized a collective struggle for the dignity of immigrant workers. Local leaders, including California senators and the governor, opposed the militarization of the city while urging for the removal of federal forces. Community protests against family separations continue to grow in significance and size.
In response, hundreds of people protested at the site of the raids or at Guard deployment areas and at one such action at an ICE staging area, ICE officers injured and arrested David Huerta.
Huerta told the assembled crowd that the struggle must continue and expand...this movement is not about him but about the lives and safety of the hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers.
The deployment of the National Guard and Marines has been opposed by both California US Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla as well as by Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.
The overwhelmingly peaceful protests will continue and grow because many people in LA...refuse to allow the separation of families.
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