"I always look at history, and I think this is a moral assault on our democracy, Bass said. And we need to look back at history when things like this have happened before — the internment of the Japanese, the fugitive slave patrols, which is what this has felt like. Bass continued by saying it was extremely important for people to protest the Trump Administration. Part of what they're doing is they're trying to normalize military intervention."
"Her comments follow Trump sending ICE and Border Patrol agents to several major cities beyond LA in 2025, including New York City, Chicago, and Charlotte. Those raids were often met with protestors and rioters. Anti-ICE rioters at one raid in Manhattan in November threw planters and chased federal agents during an operation targeting a parking garage in Chinatown, leading to multiple arrests."
ICE and Border Patrol agents were deployed to Los Angeles and other major U.S. cities, including New York City, Chicago, and Charlotte, prompting raids across neighborhoods. The operations provoked widespread protests and some rioting, with at least one Manhattan raid seeing rioters throw planters and chase federal agents, resulting in multiple arrests. Reports indicated ICE actions disrupted communities, with kidnappings described as wrecking parts of the city and turning neighborhoods into ghost towns. Many Latino high school students reportedly skipped June graduation ceremonies that coincided with raids out of fear of deportation. Critics warned the deployments risk normalizing military-style interventions and testing safeguards against martial law or election disruption.
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