The Los Angeles Dodgers said on Thursday that federal immigration agents tried to gain access to stadium grounds, but access was refused by the Dodgers organization.
The Major League Baseball team posted the incident after masked agents were seen Staging Department of Homeland Security vehicles outside the stadium in the Elysian Park -neighborhood of Los Angeles.
“This morning Ice Agents came to Dodger Stadium and asked for permission to access the parking spaces,” the team placed on X. “They got access to the site by the organization. Tonight is played as planned.”
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Department of Homeland Security Assistant -Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Huffpost that the agents present in the stadium were customs and border patrols.
“This had nothing to do with the Dodgers,” she said. “CBP vehicles were very short in the parking lot of the stadium, not related to any operation or enforcement.”
In the meantime, immigrations and customs enforcement said that his agents were not present in the stadium today.
“Ice was never in Dodgers stage and therefore never tried to gain access,” said Ice spokesperson.
Photos Published by De Los Angeles Times Show different federal agents outside one of the entrances of the stadium of the stadium. The agents wore facial and sunglasses.
Demonstrators collected Outside the stadium as a word spread on social media About the presence of ice, singing “ice out of la” and holding signs with slogans such as “I love my ice crushed.” According to LaistOfficers of the Los Angeles police arrived on stage and blocked the entrance to the stadium.
Ice raids in the second largest city in America have given rise to mass protests in recent weeks. Many Angelenos have called on the Dodgers to make a statement about the impact that ice raids have had on the immigrant community of Los Angeles, given the great Latino fan base of the team.
The team was also confronted earlier this month with a recoil after Nezza, a Dominican American singer, sang the Spanish version of “The Star-Spangled Banne” for a Dodgers game, although she told the organization asked her to sing in English. As Huffpost reported earlier this week, the Dodgers did not post any videos of her performance on their social media accounts. While the team indicated There were no hard feelings, many fans expressed dismay that the Dodgers would ask her to act alone in English.
The following calls boycotsThe Dodgers were expected To make a statement on Thursday about the continuous ice attacks and the way in which the team intends to help the immigrant population of the city in the future.
The Dodgers are still planned to play the San Diego Padres on Thursday evening in Los Angeles.
