Federal officials have arrested more than a dozen protesters outside an immigration detention center in downtown L.A., including several who have staged a nearly monthlong wave of round-the-clock demonstrations since early July.
The demonstration is part of Occupy ICE, a nationwide series of protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Protesters have gathered and camped in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, where people detained in federal immigration raids are held.
The Federal Protective Service, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, has arrested 18 people as of Aug. 6 outside the Metropolitan Detention Center and the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on suspicion of a range of charges, including assaulting a federal officer and vandalism, a senior DHS official said in an email to Capital & Main in response to a request for comment. The official refused to identify themselves.
