LOS ANGELES – Mayor Bass issued the following statement:
“I am deeply alarmed by multiple reports of federal immigration enforcement activity in the Fashion District, one of the first areas targeted by ICE when the Trump administration began its reckless, dangerous raids in Los Angeles over the summer. This show of force by ICE is particularly troubling given the recent ICE escalation and violence in American cities, including the fatal shootings of Keith Porter Jr. by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve here in Los Angeles and Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
“Equally troubling are the President’s threats of invoking the Insurrection Act, which would bring military intervention into our cities.
“This purposeful campaign of fear and intimidation by the administration is unacceptable. These tactics do not make anyone safer – they only sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city.
“Angelenos – and Americans across the country – have made it clear: we want ICE out of our cities.”