How The Far-Left Are Disrupting ICE Raids In Los Angeles

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What started out as bystanders who happened to be in a neighborhood U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was operating in has turned into a full operation of far-left activists conducting their own patrols to be on the lookout for federal agents.

It should be no surprise one of the most extreme examples of far-left activists being confrontational towards ICE agents is happening in Los Angeles. Groups such as the Community Self-Defense Coalition and the Anti-US Israeli Imperialism in the Middle East use their local knowledge and social media to disrupt any arrests being made by ICE.

In one case, AUSIIME activists filmed themselves driving to a scene in Alhambra, near Pasadena, saying they had gotten a request for backup. Once at the scene, they started to shout into a megaphone to tell the people in the home to not open the door unless the agents have a warrant. It was said in both English and Spanish.

The video posted on their Instagram account is over 20 minutes, but here is a sample of their actions.

“Why are you guys terrorizing neighborhoods? Why are you kidnapping people here? We do not want you here! You are not welcomed here. ICE is not welcomed in our neighborhood! You guys are terrorists!” one woman shouted into the megaphone.

While it’s hard to see which agency every single officer on the scene belonged to, most of the visible patches said FBI. Many federal agencies, such as Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, and the FBI, have been taking part in joint operations with ICE to help with arresting illegal aliens.

The video ends with no one being taken into custody and the officers/agents leave the area.

Another video shared by the CSDC shows an activist blaring a siren and shouting in a Target parking where she says ICE agents were gathering early in the morning.

“We followed one vehicle to the federal building where we left them. Returning to our original area of COMMUNITY SELF-DEFENSE patrol,” the post says.

“We continue to patrol our streets in search of ICE so that we can alert our people so they don't get kidnapped and ripped apart from their families,” said Union del Barrio, Los Angeles.

It’s because of situations like that, the activists are claiming to local media they have “stopped” two ICE raids in recent weeks. It is unknown if their actions are the reason for people not being arrested.

The direct actions have taken a sinister turn beyond being loud at an operation. Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported posters have been placed around LA neighborhoods in recent days doxxing ICE and HIS agents, revealing their face, full name, and phone numbers.

While the posters are not labeled by any group, the similar phrases such as “They kidnap people from their homes and from the streets, separating families” appear on them.

Don’t expect any significant action from local officials about this anytime soon. LA Mayor Karen Bass just today said on X, “No one should live in fear due to their immigration status. Los Angeles is a City of immigrants and we will continue to stand together.”

I believe LA will be the example radicals will look to replicate tactics in other cities. With the weather set to get warmer in the rest of the country in a few weeks, the leaks are only the beginning.

Photo credit: Ron Rodgers/ICE