LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers group mentioned Thursday that it requested U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers to depart the Dodger Stadium grounds after they arrived at a car parking zone close to one of many gates.
Dozens of federal brokers with their faces lined arrived in SUVs and cargo vans to loads close to the stadium’s Gate E entrance. A gaggle of protesters carrying indicators in opposition to ICE began amassing shortly after, native media reported.
“This morning, ICE brokers got here to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to entry the parking tons. They had been denied entry to the grounds by the group,” the Dodgers mentioned in an announcement posted on X.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin mentioned the brokers weren’t making an attempt to enter the stadium.
“This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. [Customs and Border Protection] automobiles had been within the stadium car parking zone very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement,” McLaughlin mentioned in an e-mail.
The group mentioned Thursday’s recreation in opposition to the San Diego Padres will probably be performed as deliberate.
Tv cameras confirmed about 4 brokers remained on the lot Thursday afternoon whereas officers with the Los Angeles Police Division stood between them and dozens of protesters, some carrying indicators that learn “I Like My Ice Crushed” and chanting “ICE out of LA!”
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez arrived on the stadium and mentioned she had been in communication with Dodger officers and the mayor’s workplace.
“We have been in communication with the mayor’s workplace, with the Dodgers, with Dodgers safety, about seeing if they will get them moved off their non-public property,” she informed KABC-TV. “Public property is completely different. Personal property — companies and firms have the ability to say, ‘Not on my property,’ And so we’re ready to see that motion occur right here.”
Protests started June 6 after federal immigration raids arrested dozens of employees in Los Angeles. Protesters blocked a significant freeway and set automobiles on hearth the next days, and police responded with tear gasoline, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.
The Trump administration has activated greater than 4,000 Nationwide Guard members and 700 Marines over the objections of metropolis and state leaders. Dozens of troops now guard federal buildings and federal brokers making arrests.
The demonstrations have been largely concentrated downtown within the metropolis of round 4 million folks. Hundreds of individuals have peacefully rallied outdoors Metropolis Corridor and lots of extra protested outdoors a federal complicated that features a detention heart the place some immigrants are being held following office raids.
Regardless of the protests, immigration enforcement exercise has continued all through the county, with metropolis leaders and group teams reporting ICE current at libraries, automobile washes and House Depots. College graduations in Los Angeles have elevated safety over fears of ICE motion and a few have provided dad and mom the choice to look at on Zoom.