A Pattern of Violence

Documenting #ICE Agents’ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids

from #TheIntercept
Jonah Valdez
July 7 2025, 6:00 a.m.

"Agents have aimed firearms and sprayed chemical irritants at onlookers and protesters. They have launched tear gas and flash bang grenades into crowds. They have beaten the people they detain, struck them with batons, and restrained them face down in a prone position, pressing them into the pavement and restricting their abilities to breathe.

Agents often deployed these violent tactics against the targets of #immigration raids — people they presumed to be #undocumented #immigrants. In the majority of cases reviewed for this story, federal agents used force against U.S. citizens who were attempting to document raids or intervene by putting their bodies between the agents and their neighbors."

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/07/ice-raids-la-violence-video-bystanders/

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'Alligator Alcatraz' Already Ballooning Over $600 Million, Leaked Document Shows

#DHS is redirecting FEMA money to create a slush fund for #ICE detention centers.

from #DropSiteNews
Ka (Jessica) Burbank
and Ryan Grim
Jul 08, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/alligator-alcatraz-funding-fema-ice?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Los Angeles: Thousands Denounce ICE Raids in July 4 Protest

from #WorldOutlook
July 5, 2025

"The article below first appeared in the #LosAngeles Times on July 5, 2025. The protest the article describes was a fitting way to mark #US Independence Day, given the #Trump administration’s intensified workplace raids and #deportations of undocumented #immigrants. L.A. has been the epicenter of many such protests over the last month since the White House picked the city to launch its aggressive dragnet, carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement #(ICE) agents, targeting millions of workers across the country.

As a recent article published by the #WashingtonPost revealed, ICE arrests have more than doubled since Trump took office in January, compared to the same period last year."

https://world-outlook.com/2025/07/05/los-angeles-thousands-denounce-ice-raids-in-july-4-protest/

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#JoeRogan Feels Trump Betrayed Him on #Immigration

The podcast king, once a prominent supporter of #DonaldTrump, denounced the president’s aggressive #deportation tactics on his wildly popular podcast.

from #Gizmodo
By Luc Olinga Published July 5, 2025

[I think that this is significant.]

"Rogan, who endorsed Trump just hours before the 2024 presidential election, now says he was misled by the man he helped boost into office. The podcaster and UFC commentator, known for giving a platform to anti-cancel culture figures and free speech advocates, is now accusing #Trump of betraying the very values he campaigned on."

#Rogan:
“There’s two things that are insane. One is the targeting of migrant workers, not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers, just construction workers showing up at construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?”

https://gizmodo.com/joe-rogan-feels-trump-betrayed-him-on-immigration-2000624426?utm_source=gizmodo.com&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share

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Federal Agents Thought They Could Stay at #LA-area Hotels. Protesters Are Trying to Make Sure They Can’t

When federal agents checked into a #Pasadena hotel, they didn’t expect hundreds of protesters and a day laborers’ band — now the tactic that kicked them out is spreading across LA.

from #WorldOutlook website
By Phoenix Tso and Elizabeth Chou
06/20/2025 1:41 pm

"The article below was first published by the Los Angeles Public Press on June 20, 2025. It documents a new form of the multi-faceted resistance by #immigrant rights supporters to the #Trump administration’s workplace raids and #deportations of #UndocumentedWorkers.

World-Outlook is publishing it for the information of our readers. The headline, subhead, photo, and text below are taken from the original.

— World-Outlook editors"

https://world-outlook.com/2025/06/24/federal-agents-thought-they-could-stay-at-la-area-hotels-protesters-are-trying-to-make-sure-they-cant/

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Fear and Quiet Resistance Amid a Los Angeles in Turmoil

How the #ICE Raids Are Warping #Latino Life in #LosAngeles

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Visuals and Text by Isabel Castro, who is a Mexican American filmmaker based in LA.
June 22, 2025

In Boyle Heights, a predominantly Latino neighborhood in East Los Angeles, the streets were unusually quiet. In the early afternoon, a time when the neighborhood is typically bustling with activity, the sidewalks and stores were empty.

I met Ceasar Sanchez, standing at the entrance of a barbershop on Cesar Chavez Avenue, one of the area’s main thoroughfares. Inside, every chair sat empty.

Mr. Sanchez, who works at the shop, hasn’t had a single client this week. “They’re just afraid to go anywhere — shopping, stores, even work,” he explained.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/los-angeles-protests-raids-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q08.mB1j.RoLYhCeQETDS&smid=url-share

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Trump Is Losing Support for Anti-Immigrant Raids, Deportations

from #WorldOutlook
June 22, 2025

"The article below first appeared in the #WallStreetJournal on June 20, 2025. It offers a credible assessment of the diminishing support among many backers of #US. president Donald #Trump for his administration’s aggressive workplace raids and #deportations of undocumented #immigrants. These raids on farms, factories, restaurants, hotels, car washes, and other businesses intensified in early June, causing a social explosion in #LosAngeles."

https://world-outlook.com/2025/06/22/trump-is-losing-support-for-anti-immigrant-raids-deportations/

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‘Why we fly the Mexican flag at the L.A. protests’

By Enrique Acevedo
#EnriqueAcevedo is anchor of the news program “En Punto” on Televisa.

from #WorldOutlook
[reprinted from #WashingtonPost #WaPo]

"The opinion column below first appeared in the Washington Post on June 14, 2025. World-Outlook publishes it for the information of our readers. We think it tackles an important cultural dimension of the recent protests in Los Angeles against the #Trump administration’s intensified wave of workplace raids and deportations of undocumented #immigrants.

The headline, subhead, photo, and text below are taken from the original. The endnote is by World-Outlook."

https://world-outlook.com/2025/06/21/why-we-fly-the-mexican-flag-at-the-l-a-protests/

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‘Justice Will Prevail,’ #MahmoudKhalil Says as He Goes Free on Bail

Mr. Khalil, a #Columbia graduate, had been held in Louisiana for over three months as the #Trump administration sought to deport him. A judge found reason to believe it was retaliation for his pro-#Palestinian speech.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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By Jonah E. Bromwich
June 20, 2025

"On Friday, Judge Farbiarz rebuked the government mildly, noting that it had offered no evidence to suggest that Mr. Khalil was a danger to his community. The administration’s claims about his links to, or even sympathies for, #Hamas have not been substantiated in court.

“He is not a danger to the community, period, full stop,” the judge said."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-release-order.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk8.dMKz.RU9OBV-tBMhJ&smid=url-share

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Los Angeles Dodgers say they denied ICE agents entry to Dodger Stadium

Baseball team says ICE agents were denied permission to access parking lots but agency claims agents ‘were never there’

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Victoria Bekiempis and agencies
Thu 19 Jun 2025 19.36 EDT

"Kevin Takumi, a videographer and photographer for Fox’s #LosAngeles affiliate, posted aerial video on X showing several vans and SUVs, and apparent #immigration officers, around entrances to the stadium.

“ICE agents are taking up positions at the entrances to #DodgerStadium, media and crowd beginning to arrive,” Takumi wrote.

[...] the #Dodgers beat writer for the #LATimes, said on X: “Regarding the photos going around on social media this morning about #ICE agents at Dodger Stadium: sources say ICE agents tried to access Dodger Stadium today, but were denied entry to the grounds by the team.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/ice-agents-dodger-stadium-los-angeles?CMP=share_btn_url

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