A surprising series of U.S. immigration and customs enforcement sweeps Friday in downtown Los Angeles prompted a fierce push from elected officials and protesters who denounced the enforcement actions as “brutal and unnecessary” and said they were shocked by fear in the immigrant community.
By night, tensions in the city remained high. The Los Angeles Police Department declares an illegal assembly and orders about 200 protesters who are still gathered by the Los Angeles federal building and dispersed around 7 p.m.
Police said the so-called small amount of ammunition was authorized at 8 p.m., after a small number of “violent individuals” threw large pieces of concrete at police. Shortly thereafter, a city-wide tactical alert was issued.
Demonstrators protested against the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center in response to the ice raid in Los Angeles.
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Demonstrators protested outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
1. DHS Police Station stood at the Metropolitan Detention Center at the Metropolitan Detention Center as protesters gathered ice raids. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) 2. Ice officers tried to leave the scene after a raid, but protesters blocked their way in Chinatown. (Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times) 3. Ice officers tried to leave the scene after a raid, but protesters blocked their way in Chinatown. (Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times) 4. DHS Police Station stood at the Metropolitan Detention Center at the Metropolitan Detention Center as protesters gathered ice raids. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
Department of Homeland Security police arrested a protester in response to the ice attack during a protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
A pair of immigration rights activists walked through new graffiti, condemning police officers while joining customs law enforcement officers in the U.S. Immigration and Metropolitan Detention Center protests against multiple immigration to Los Angeles.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
More than 300 immigration rights activists from U.S. immigration and customs law enforcement officers gathered and protested multiple immigration throughout Los Angeles.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Demonstrators protested outside the Metropolitan Detention Center.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
LAPD cleaned up the streets outside the Metropolitan Detention Center. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
Demonstrators protested outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
Demonstrators attacked in Los Angeles, California on Friday, June 6, 2025, outside the Edward R. Roybar federal building and the Metropolitan Detention Center.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
