A reluctant brawler, L.A. mayor takes aim at Trump over immigration raids:
For Bass, a high-profile Democrat who has avoided public conflicts with other elected ...
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L.A. Mayor Challenges Trump on Immigration RaidsKaren Bass rallied 100+ groups against ICE raids and criticized $100M federal troop deployment within one week of unrest.
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- Since taking office in 2022, Mayor Karen Bass has publicly opposed President Trump’s immigration raids for the first time.
- She described the raids as instilling fear and condemned the federal spending of over $100 million on unrequested troops.
- Bass convened a diverse coalition of religious, community, and business leaders to denounce the actions and call for ICE’s removal.
- Despite harsh criticism from Trump’s administration, Bass’s firm response has earned growing local and political support.
I want to tell him to stop the raids. I want to tell him that this is a city of immigrants. I want to tell him that if you want to devastate the economy of the city of Los Angeles, then attack the immigrant population.— Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, during a press conference about immigration raids.
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