How immigration raids at Ambiance Apparel and Home Depot led to the Los Angeles protests

Trump's escalation of immigration arrests by shifting into workplaces ignited clashes between protesters and officers in the immigrant-heavy city.

LOS ANGELES — Four days of unrest in Los Angeles over President Donald Trump’s push to increase immigrant arrests and deportations have led to the arrests of at least 56 people, clashes between protesters and law enforcement officials and the deployment of the National Guard and the Marines in the country's second-largest city.

How did this happen?

The tensions started Friday, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and others arrested over 40 immigrants in raids targeting day laborers at a Home Depot parking lot and workers at the Ambiance Apparel clothing manufacturer, searching for “fictitious employee documents.”

As news of the raids spread fear and panic, relatives and protesters arrived to confront the federal agents wearing camouflage and bulletproof vests.

Some protesters tried to stop vehicles carrying detained immigrants or used other methods to block arrests.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/la-protests-immigration-raids-ambience-apparel-home-depot-rcna211814


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