September 12, 2025
The Los Angeles Anti-ICE Riots Were a Coordinated Assault on America, Not a Grassroots Protest
By Mateo Forero
Remember the chaos that gripped Los Angeles in June 2025?
For days, agitators threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at federal agents, torched cars, looted businesses, and blockaded a freeway. All of these actions were taken in response to the legitimate arrest of immigration violators by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency charged with interior enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Hundreds of protesters were arrested amidst the turmoil, and more than $20 million worth of property damage was inflicted. What the establishment media framed as “spontaneous protests” against immigration enforcement operations was actually a full-blown insurrection against federal authorities, attempting to enforce duly enacted federal laws within the borders of the United States.
But here's the ugly truth: this wasn't an organic act of civil disobedience emerging from within the local community. It was a manufactured grievance that was meticulously orchestrated by anti-borders radicals and shadowy foreign actors to sabotage President Trump’s agenda on immigration enforcement.
In an investigative report published last week by my organization, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), we took a detailed look at that reality.
Our report explains how several domestic actors were bankrolling and coordinating the unrest in LA, including anti-borders organizations like the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and the Hispanic Federation. These groups have histories of advocating for reduced immigration enforcement and amnesty policies. Other notable groups involved in the disorder included the Immigrant Youth Coalition and Unión del Barrio, which are known for mobilizing against ICE operations and promoting “no borders” ideologies through direct interference with federal immigration enforcement actions .
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/the_los_angeles_anti_ice_riots_were_a_coordinated_assault_on_america_not_a_grassroots_protest.html
