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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Los Angeles immigrants swept up in Ice raids already deported in some cases

officers in riot gear stand outside
Customs and border protection officers stand in front of the federal building in Los Angeles on 9 June 2025. Photograph: Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images

Some Angelenos rounded up by federal immigration agents have already been deported, according to a new report, as a fuller picture emerges of the immigrants arrested during raids in Los Angeles that have triggered a wave of protests there and in other cities across the US.

The Trump administration has not released a count – but the parents of a 23-year-old member of Mexico’s Indigenous Zapotec community told the Washington Post they had received a phone call from their son telling them he had been dropped off at the US-Mexico border and told to cross over.

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