Protester pulls gun as ICE raid turns violent in California

Aerial footage showed people surrounding a federal vehicle and filming what was happening.

At one point, authorities reportedly used smoke canisters in several directions, which caused chaos and sent people running. The raid had already stretched into its fourth hour by then.

The area was locked down. National Guard troopsand local police blocked nearby roads as tensions kept rising. Neither side was backing off.

Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles issued a search warrant for the man.

ICE says that assaults on its agents have gone up by 700% compared to last year.

Deportation raids have been less frequent and lower profile over the past year, as immigration enforcement hasn’t been as aggressively prioritized under the Biden administration.

After earlier protests in Los Angeles, California passed legislation that would prevent immigration officers from covering their faces to hide their identities. Similar bills have started showing up in other Democrat-led states.

Senators Cory Booker from New Jersey and Alex Padilla from California recently introduced a bill in the Senate called the VISIBLE Act short for Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement which would create a nationwide rule for clearer identification of immigration officers.