In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

Advocates are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to permanently close the state's deactivated prisons before they can be repurposed by the federal government as immigration detention centers, in order to protect California's progress on decarceration and prevent ICE expansion.

A federal judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over California’s request to block the Trump Administration from using troops in Los Angeles to quell unrest sparked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids as part of the President’s mass deportation effort.

ESPN NFL analyst Mina Kimes claimed on a post on BlueSky that there was a mischaracterization about the anti-ICE riots as parts of Los Angeles have seen burning vehicles and chaos.