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Hundreds of protesters flooded a engaged Los Angeles freeway connected Sunday morning, causing large postulation delays successful effect to President Donald Trump's amerciable migration crackdown.
The protestation began connected Olvera Street astatine astir 9 a.m. with a ample radical of participants. Nearly fractional an hr later, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced respective thoroughfare closures owed to "a non-permitted objection blocking traffic" and suggested drivers find alternate routes.
The California Highway Patrol besides confirmed the protests and encouraged radical to debar downtown Los Angeles portion authorities attempted to summation power of the demonstration.
"Please debar the 101 freeway successful DTLA betwixt I-110 and Mission Rd., arsenic we enactment to region a protestation from the freeway. Accessing authorities highways oregon roads to protestation is unlawful and highly unsafe due to the fact that it puts protesters, motorists and archetypal responders astatine large hazard of injury," CHP wrote connected X.
Anti-ICE protesters blocked postulation Sunday greeting connected some sides of the 101 Freeway successful downtown Los Angeles. (FOX 11 Los Angeles)
Many of the protesters could beryllium seen carrying signs, waving Mexican flags and speaking retired against Trump’s migration policies. Officers could besides beryllium seen successful riot cogwheel and engaged successful a standoff with the protesters.
"No quality is amerciable connected stolen land," 1 motion read.
Another 1 read, "fight ignorance, not immigrants."
Videos shared connected societal media amusement what appeared to beryllium demonstrators spraying graffiti connected the freeway walls and vandalizing astatine slightest 1 car that was stopped successful the mediate of the crowd.
"They unopen down freeways and halt postulation successful 1 of the astir congested cities successful the U.S. to effort to person america not to deport them," fashionable blimpish relationship Libs of TikTok wrote connected X portion sharing video of the incident. "This isn’t gonna extremity well. Get ICE connected country ASAP."
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Conservative influencer Benny Johnson besides shared video of the protests, agreeing that "this volition not extremity good for them."
"FAFO: Mass deportation protesters wholly blocked 101 Freeway successful downtown Los Angeles. Not lone are they illegally successful our country, they are present illegally blocking roads. This volition not extremity good for them," Johnson wrote connected X.
Trump has received backlash from respective Democrat leaders who person vowed to combat backmost against his deportation operation.
A ample radical of radical protesting President Donald Trump's amerciable migration crackdown stormed the 101 Freeway successful downtown Los Angeles connected Sunday, causing large delays for some sides of postulation successful the area, according to police. (FOX 11 Los Angeles)
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that deportation flights person begun, releasing photos of amerciable immigrants boarding subject aircraft.
"President Trump is sending a beardown and wide connection to the full world: if you illegally participate the United States of America, you volition look terrible consequences," she antecedently wrote connected X.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested much than 7,400 amerciable immigrants nationwide successful 9 days amid its assertive crackdown propelled by the caller Trump administration. The bureau besides said it has placed astir 6,000 ICE detainers.
A monolithic protestation formed successful downtown Los Angeles connected Sunday successful effect to President Trump’s crackdown connected migration and accent connected deportations. (Fox 11 Los Angeles)
ICE officers person been seen carrying retired raids astatine homes, enactment sites and different establishments, portion the Trump administration has vowed to nonstop the astir convulsive amerciable immigrants to Guantánamo Bay.
Border czar Tom Homan has said the medication is targeting convulsive amerciable aliens astatine the moment. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who oversees ICE, besides said national migration authorities are arresting the "worst of the worst" successful raids.
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When reached for comment, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's bureau referred Fox News Digital to California Highway Patrol.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass could not beryllium reached for comment.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
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