LA Mayor Bass faces backlash for opposing ICE raids on illegal immigrants

Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass faced a violent reaction to social media on Friday, including members of the Trump administration, to return him to immigration and customs raids targeting illegal immigrants in her city.

“This morning, we received reports on federal immigration enforcement procedures at multiple locations in Los Angeles,” Bass said in a statement on Friday.

“As a prime minister of a proud immigrant city, they contribute to our city in several ways, I feel the deep anger of what happened. These tactics cultivate terrorism in our societies and disrupt the basic principles of safety in our city. My office is closely coordinating with the immigrant rights community organizations. We will not defend this.”

The mayor’s statement, which obtained more than two million impression on X, led an immediate decline from the conservatives, indicating many criticisms of its leadership and preparation and responding to the destroyed forest fires in Los Angeles earlier this year and that killed 30 people.

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“You have no opinion at all,” the White House Chief of Staff of Stephen Miller’s policy Posted on X. “Federal law is federal law and federal law will be implemented.”

“It is an amazing number of elected officials who do not understand the basics of federalism, federal sovereignty over immigration issues, or the first amendment.” Posted on X.

“They are illegal”, Deputy Assistant President Sebastian Gurka Posted on X. “Not” immigrants. “One of them tried to burn Americans alive.

“Permits for people to rebuild their homes can not be obtained after a huge fire, but they focused like the laser beam on the suspension of immigration application,” Red Ponchy state writer Posted on X.

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Mayor Karen Bass presented difficult questions about Los Angeles’s response to forest fires during press conferences in January. (Drew A. Kelley/Medianews Group/Long Beach Press- Telegram/Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

“Communist sympathizers, Karen Bass, takes the side of the illegal foreign criminals against American citizens,” conservative communication Steve Posted on X. “To think, it was the choice of Vice President of Biden.”

“The mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass is the protection of illegal in her city.” Posted on X. “Obstructing or obstructing ice operations is a crime.”

“If Karen Bass only fought Los Angeles fires as they are fighting for illegal foreigners,” Representative Republican Daril Issa published X.

Associated Press reported that immigration advocates confirmed at least 45 people arrested in seven sites. The sites included two Home Depot stores, a fashion store and Donat store, according to English Salas, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Rights Coalition (Chirala), who spoke at an afternoon press conference to condemn the procedures.

Videos of the operations taken by passers -by and television news teams showed people who are accompanied by a car park in the home warehouse by federal agents. Videos also acquired clashes between demonstrators and federal agents at detention sites.

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American immigration and customs agent (ICE). (Getty Images)

With the growth of the protests on Friday evening, law enforcement had to be brought in riot equipment to calm the crowds, and he drew more criticism on the Internet from users who accuse them of stirring up demonstrators.

“Karen Bass stole all this,” a special presidential envoy for private missions in the United States, Rick Greenil Posted on X. “It has attacked the rule of law. democracy has undermined. Mayorofla creates chaos in Los Angeles.”

Fox News Digital connects to the mayor’s office to comment.

In addition to the controversy, the Los Angeles Police Administration issued a statement that he was not involved in deportations or immigration enforcement.

Jim McDonnell said in a statement published in a statement published on X.

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The mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass, the left, and her hatred in the Kazar Steve Suburov, reached the right at a press conference at the Palisades Entertainment Center on Monday, January 27, 2025 at Pacific Palisades, California. (Brian Van der Borouj / Los Angeles Times via Getti Emaiz)

“Although LAPD will continue to obtain a clear presence in all our societies to ensure public safety, we will not help or participate in any type of mass deportation, and LAPD will not try to determine the state of immigration for the individual.”

This situation has sparked criticism on social media, including from the Assistant Secretary -General of Internal Security, Tricia McLeulin.

“Assault on ice enforcement officers, tire lowering, and building variation,” as published. “800 protesters surrounded and violated the first layer of the Federal Law enforcement building in Los Angeles
He did not respond. This violence against @Micegov should stop. “

McLeulin said at a post on Saturday morning, which included pictures of rioters in the scene with messages such as “Kill Ice” and “F *** ICE”.

The guest added in another publication: “The fact that LAPD has not responded to it is a major scandal. Since this violence against federal law enforcement, Democrat La Mayor Karen Bass has so far rejected the restoration of law and order.

Greg Wehner from Fox News Digital contributed to this report