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ICE raids occurred in Los Angeles in 2025.

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PivotSep 4, 2026
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Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP, NPR, CBS LA, LA Times) report ICE raids in Los Angeles on June 6, 2025 and the protests that followed, and LA County documents report at least 20 confirmed raids across the county since June 6, 2025.

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… Do you, do you so you enjoy spending time here? I do. I love I don't insult Los Angeles, like I don't insult California the way other people do, you know, and they just, it's a magnificent state. It's got a lot of issues. That's exactly right. We had a, we had a, we had a really tough year, um, in 2025, with the fires and then the ICE raids that kicked off here, and I think it was really bruising to so many people, but the resilience of the city, we sort of modeled it here during the ICE raids, um, for, for everyone else, and to see people spontaneously pour out into the streets. …
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What we found

Supports. Reuters reports that federal immigration raids across Los Angeles on June 6, 2025 led to dozens of people being taken into custody and a tense standoff with protesters downtown.[1]

Supports. AP reports that raids in Los Angeles's fashion district and at Home Depot parking lots detained more than 100 people and prompted National Guard and Marine deployments.[2]

Supports. CBS LA reports that ICE spokesperson Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe confirmed about 44 people were arrested in immigration operations across Los Angeles on June 6, 2025.[5]

Supports. The LA County report-back identifies at least 20 confirmed ICE raids across Los Angeles County since June 6, 2025.[3][4]

Sources

5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 tier 2

  1. 1Riot police, anti-ICE protesters square off in Los Angeles ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  2. 2Raids in Southern California rattle immigrant communities - AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  3. 3July 23, 2025 TO: Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Chair ...file.lacounty.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
  4. 4Proposalopportunity.lacounty.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
  5. 5Protests held after dozens arrested in immigration ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports

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