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 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 heaps. They have been denied entry to the grounds by the group,” the Dodgers mentioned in a press release posted on X.
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs for the Division of Homeland Safety, mentioned the brokers weren’t making an attempt to enter the stadium.
“This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. [Customs and Border Protection] autos have been within the stadium parking zone very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement,” McLaughlin mentioned in an electronic 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 L.A.!”
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez arrived on the stadium and mentioned she had been in communication with Dodgers 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’ll get them moved off their personal 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 serious freeway and set automobiles on fireplace within the following days, and police responded with tear fuel, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.
The Dodgers haven’t gone on the report with a press release concerning the arrests and raids. The closely Latino fan base has been pushing for the group to make a public assertion, igniting a debate on-line about its stance on the immigration crackdown occurring in Los Angeles.
The Donald 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. 1000’s of individuals have peacefully rallied exterior Metropolis Corridor, and a whole lot extra protested exterior 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 presence at libraries, automotive washes and House Depots. Faculty graduations in Los Angeles have elevated safety over fears of ICE motion, and a few have provided mother and father the choice to look at on Zoom.