Protesters clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents as multiple raids played out in Los Angeles on Friday, and local authorities appeared to side mainly with the illegal aliens.

The raids were undertaken in several locations — including two Home Depot stores and the headquarters of Ambient Apparel in the fashion district — ranging from downtown Los Angeles to Westlake, Cypress Park, and the area known as Skid Row.

As the raids began, Mayor Karen Bass (D-LA) spoke out, condemning the federal agents for enforcing federal immigration laws and issuing a statement via X: “This morning, we received reports of federal immigration enforcement actions in multiple locations in Los Angeles. As mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place.”

“These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,” she continued. “My office is in close coordination with immigrant rights community organizations. We will not stand for this.”

We will not stand for this. pic.twitter.com/Ug1CN4JKOz

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) June 6, 2025

As the raids were carried out, however, protesters making good on Bass’ words reportedly trapped ICE agents inside a local building and surrounded them. The FBI had to be called to resolve the situation.

The Left-Wing Mayor of LA says she is “deeply angered” and will “not stand for” ICE carrying out operations in her city.

ICE agents were trapped inside a building and faced serious threats from an angry far-left mob.

The FBI had to be called. https://t.co/lbYnelPwkx pic.twitter.com/Zc6i5aYty0

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 6, 2025

Protesters also surrounded federal agents and their vehicles as they attempted to leave the area, running in the street alongside and even in front of moving SUVs. The end result was as ugly as it was predictable, and at least one protester was caught on camera as he was struck by one of the vehicles.

🚨WOW: Protestors gets more than he bargained for when trying to STOP an ICE vehicle from making its way.

You guessed it.

They got run over. pic.twitter.com/K2Rcacwyp1

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 6, 2025

Agents also reportedly employed smoke grenades and pepper spray as they attempted to clear the area and disperse the protests.

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) also issued a statement similar to that made by Mayor Bass, saying, “I am closely monitoring the ICE raids that are currently happening across Los Angeles, including at a Korean American-owned store in my district. L.A. has long been a safe haven for immigrants. Trump claims he’s targeting criminals, but he’s really just tearing families apart and destabilizing entire communities.”

I am closely monitoring the ICE raids that are currently happening across Los Angeles, including at a Korean American-owned store in my district.

LA has long been a safe haven for immigrants. Trump claims he’s targeting criminals, but he’s really just tearing families apart and… https://t.co/dpb2o0VLk3

— Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (@RepKamlagerDove) June 6, 2025

Kamlager-Dove also promised to assist those who were detained by providing resources and access to “government-approved attorneys” who could represent them.

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“If you are a constituent of the 37th District and your family member has been detained, please reach out to my office and we can help locate your family member and provide you with a list of government-approved attorneys,” she said.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) also sided with the illegals, posting the following: “The ICE raids at stores and businesses across LA are pure intimidation by Trump and his cronies to scare and divide us. 🗣️ You have the right to remain silent; 📸 Film everything; 📝 Don’t sign anything without a lawyer; ❌ Don’t open the door w/o a signed warrant. Know your rights. Stay safe.”

🚨The ICE raids at stores and businesses across LA are pure intimidation by Trump and his cronies to scare and divide us.

🗣️ You have the right to remain silent
📸 Film everything
📝 Don’t sign anything without a lawyer
❌ Don’t open the door w/o a signed warrant

Know your… pic.twitter.com/bBPAwurE1q

— Rep. Jimmy Gomez (@RepJimmyGomez) June 6, 2025

Multiple reports have confirmed that a number of illegal aliens were taken into custody during the raids, but the exact number has not been revealed.

According to one report from The Guardian, Angelica Salas, executive director for the Coalition of Humane Immigrant Rights, claimed that at least 45 people had been taken into custody without warrants.

“Our community is under attack and is being terrorized. These are workers, these are fathers, these are mothers, and this has to stop. Immigration enforcement that is terrorizing our families throughout this country and picking up our people that we love must stop now,” she said.

Today is June 6. It was on this day, eighty-one years ago, that 150-thousand men from the United States, Great Britain, and other allied nations, landed under withering gunfire on the beaches of France to begin the brutal process of breaking the Nazi stranglehold on the once-free nations of Europe. It is difficult now to imagine the almost superhuman courage it required for these men to slog through the bullet-riddled surf onto beaches carpeted with the bodies of those who went before them, in order to fight their way inch by bloody inch into the maw of gun emplacements, the destruction of which represented only the first small step toward eradicating the most murderous regime ever to stain the annals of human history. 

And that’s why, every June, we dedicate the entire month to celebrating homosexuality. Well, maybe that’s not why. But there must be some reason. Because that’s what we do.

That’s right, it’s Pride Month, and there is absolutely nothing Americans can be so proud of as homosexuality … apparently. Just think of the progress gay people have made. Homosexuality — once called the love that dare not speak its name — is now, at last, the love that simply will not shut the hell up. It just drones on and on and on. It’s so great. Really, you can’t get enough of it. On and on and on and on. A whole month of it. I mean, most sexual abnormalities, you just politely look away and try to mind your own business. But there’s no chance of that with this one, is there? Nosiree. On and on and on. That’s progress.

And there’s so much progress to be proud of in Pride Month. In the past, for instance, a gay man had to hide in shame. Now he can march down the street in a pride parade, dressed in leather chaps that open behind to expose his buttocks not only to anyone who’s interested but to the many, many, many people who really are not interested in seeing his buttocks even a little bit. Plus he can carry a whip to announce to all the world that he has a trauma-induced sexual fetish that prevents him from having any relationship that isn’t centered on debasement, domination and pain. Then he can proclaim how proud he is about that. Then he can go home and wash down a fistful of anti-depressants with half a bottle of gin and scream “I’m so effing proud,” before pitching face forward onto the kitchen table and sinking into blessed unconsciousness.

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And that’s not even all the progress. Some of you younger people won’t believe this, but it used to be that if a man punched a woman in the face, he’d be arrested. Today, thanks to the LGBTQ movement, if a man wants to punch a woman in the face, he can go to the Olympics and win a gold medal. I was so excited to hear this, I told my wife: I could punch you in the face and win a gold medal! My ex-wife, I should say. Still, it was a great moment.

And there’s even more progress. It used to be, if a man gave homosexual porn to a child, he’d be put in prison. Then he’d be killed by the other prisoners, because no matter how bad their crimes were, they weren’t as bad as giving homosexual porn to a child. Now, thanks to our pride, if a man gives homosexual porn to a child, it’s because he’s a member of a teachers union and has a job in a public elementary school. And man, if that’s not progress, then progress is probably something else. Like progress might be inventing air conditioning or computers or more effective treatments for disease. But no. For us, progress is teachers giving homosexual porn to children.

So this June, think back on that D-Day when thousands gave their lives for freedom. Remember it’s because of them that we can spend the entire month being proud of homosexuality. Because of them, and because our elite culture has become a cesspit of decadent buffoons who have no shame. After all, who else could be this proud?

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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “The Andrew Klavan Show.”

The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan

Klavan is the bestselling author of numerous books, including the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “A Woman Underground.” His most recent nonfiction release is “The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness.” (May 2025, Zondervan/HarperCollins).