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Anti-ICE Protesters Shut Down 101 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles

Anti-ICE Protesters Shut Down 101 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles

Many Californians hope protest antics help identify those most in need of repatriation.

Times continue to be hard in California.

Not only is the Los Angeles area endeavoring to recover from the devastating wildfires, but now protestors are staging massive demonstrations and shutting down one of its most important freeways.

A large group of people protesting recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids have walked onto the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles near the Alameda Street exit, according to police.

Both sides of the freeway are currently blocked, officials said, and both north and southbound lanes are under major gridlock in the DTLA area.

“Protests in LA have already been announced and I better see everyone there!!!! Feb 2nd Placita Olvera 9am! If you love our culture, our food, our music, then you should be there too!!!” a social media post said of the protest.

Around half an hour later, the Los Angeles Police Department declared it a “non-permitted demonstration,” and advised people to expect traffic delays in the area.

Tom Homan’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted several raids in California last weekend, in various California cities, including San Jose, Los Angeles, and San Diego. These raids are part of a larger immigration enforcement effort that has resulted in numerous arrests across the country.

While they were here, ICE officials indicated this was only the beginning.

Immigration enforcement actions took place across San Diego County over the weekend, leading to several arrests. It was part of a bigger, nationwide raid that, according to federal officials, resulted in nearly 1,000 arrests nationwide.

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s San Diego division released images showing some of the migrants arrested during the raids. Federal agents confirmed 956 arrests were made on Sunday alone. Federal agencies across the country are not providing how many arrests happened in which jurisdiction.

“If you’re in the country illegally, it’s not ok. It’s not ok to violate laws of this country,” said Tom Homan, President Trump’s Border Czar, speaking about the weekend raids.

While local non-profits that assist migrants say it’s unclear how many of those arrests occurred specifically in San Diego County, Homan made it clear that this is just the beginning of increased enforcement efforts.

In response, protests were organized this past Friday in the San Diego area community of National City, replete with Mexican flags and outrage.

Hundreds of people gathered in National City Friday afternoon to protest against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.

The protest at 1021 Highland Ave. began at 3:30 p.m., just a couple hours before a separate gathering in North County’s Vista Village that is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m.

Reports of the local events came after Trump declared Wednesday he would sign an executive order directing federal officials to open up a facility intended to hold tens of thousands of deported migrants.

In Oxnard, an American flag burned as part of the outrage festivities.

Dozens of Oxnard students walked out of class on Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies, days after ICE raids and arrests were reported in the area.

Students in the Oxnard Union High School District took to the streets around 10 a.m. for a “Walk Out Against Deportation,” according to fliers, carrying posters, signs and flags, to speak out against the President’s latest moves on immigration. Video from the protests showed cars driving by, apparently honking in support of the students.

Many Californians hope these antics help identify those most in need of repatriation.

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Comments

Agree – pols can no longer put up with this garbage. Accountability for criminal activities has been missing for years; some places, decades.

You protest, you get removed. If here illegally, gotta go home.


 
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Fred Idle | February 2, 2025 at 7:20 pm

It would be extremely amusing to start a rumor that ICE is organizing the demonstrations in order to entice the illegals into gathering at one place where they can more efficiently be arrested.


 
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gonzotx | February 2, 2025 at 7:21 pm

This is OUR Country

Not Mexicos

This was eminently predictable. What is now needed is the stones to deal with it appropriately.


 
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CommoChief | February 2, 2025 at 7:43 pm

Pretty sure this sort of stupidity isn’t gonna be effective in doing anything but PO normies and hardening hearts.

“Illegals in Oxnard, California are burning American flags to protest mass deportations.”

Reminds me of the peaceful Palestinians in Gaza and their intertwined relationship with Hamas where everybody is related to everybody else and there’s not much difference between them except in parsing words.


 
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Peter Moss | February 2, 2025 at 8:05 pm

“While local non-profits that assist migrants…”

There’s a big part of the problem right there. Where is their money coming from? (Looks in mirror – suspects guy in reflection is having it garnished weekly).

Stop funding the continued existence of illegal aliens and put a 100% tariff on wire transfers and you’ll be able to drive in LA again


 
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slagothar | February 2, 2025 at 8:06 pm

Need to crack down hard on this; otherwise, they will continue.


 
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MarkSmith | February 2, 2025 at 8:12 pm

Could be interest if there is chain deportation as a result.


 
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Crawford | February 2, 2025 at 8:15 pm

Terrorism, straight up.

I’m sure blocking the highway and preventing people from going to work or home or to the ER will convince them to support the illegals’ cause.


 
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dawgfan | February 2, 2025 at 9:08 pm

burning American flags while waving.a Mexican flag is a surefire way to win over the hearts and minds of the American populace.

Democrat shit-hole

Decades ago students at my high school held a protest over a new policy from the school board that would change the very foundation of the school.

The protest went from legitimate (and was supported by teachers) to a free for all. The teachers were not happy.

One particular geometry / calculus teacher held a pop quiz.

As the students had been shown as attending school, the pop quiz went something like “Mr. Jones, how much is 2+2?”

As there was no student to answer but the student was supposed to be there, he then said “don’t know lad? Zero.”

It would have been great if the Oxnard High School had done the same thing.

Life – including protests – has consequences.

Let the students deal with a lower GPA.

(Some may care, some may not.)


 
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Tsquared79 | February 2, 2025 at 9:48 pm

Lock into low range 4×4, engage limited slip, lay on the horn, and run it up to 1800 rpm in manual 1st. At 3 mph it is their choice to get crushed and ground up.


 
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Milhouse | February 3, 2025 at 2:27 am

“Illegals in Oxnard, California are burning American flags to protest mass deportations.”

How does whoever wrote that know that the people doing that are here illegally? Granted that aliens who are here legally are unlikely to do that; but there are plenty of US citizens who hate the USA enough to do that, and know that they can’t be arrested for it and probably won’t be arrested for anything else they do either.


 
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Milhouse | February 3, 2025 at 2:45 am

If the local police aren’t arresting them and clearing the highway pronto, ICE should come and arrest everyone involved, on suspicion of being here illegally, and then process them. Those who turn out to be here legally should be handed over to the local police, together with bodycam documentation of what they were doing (including resisting arrest if they did so), and the DA informed that if they are not prosecuted ICE will want to know why.


 
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RepublicanRJL | February 3, 2025 at 6:31 am

Hopefully, the protestors are headed south. Very south.


 
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Krumhorn | February 3, 2025 at 8:23 am

I was at Barnes and Noble picking up a book for my wife. I asked the clerk about the new Trump book about his policy for deporting illegals.. She looked at me hard, and said “Get out of here, right now, and don’t ever come back!”
I said “Yeah, that’s the one. Do you have that in paperback?”


 
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Alex deWynter | February 3, 2025 at 9:16 am

I did notice this lot had enough sense (unlike the pro-terrorist Hamasniks) to throw their tantrum on a Sunday instead of screwing up our commute today.

Though, tbf, the day is young.

They are largely inconveniencing LA voters.

I mean what happens if Jimmy Kimmel is late for work?????

The horror.

California reaps what it has sewn. (snickering)

It’s hard to understand how burning flags and blocking freeways endears people to your cause.


 
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E Howard Hunt | February 3, 2025 at 1:52 pm

Isn’t this crime known as a public Newsom?


 
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CaptTee | February 3, 2025 at 8:35 pm

Next year when Ron DeSantis term limits out as Governor of Florida, elect him as Governor o California, so he can pass the law he did in Florida that prevents this.
Legal in Florida blocking a roadway is treated as a hostage taking event. Victims can do whatever they deem necessary to escape, including running over protestors and the law says that in such a situation there is no duty to stop and render first aid. Since the law went into effect there was only one event and the local police were there in such force that the drivers did not have to make impromptu speed bumps out of protestors.

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