The mayor denounced the forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference earlier in the day.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized the Trump administration's immigration raids, calling them "a recipe for pandemonium" that provoked protests.

Bass said the raids are the "cause of the problems" across the area and that the problems have been "provoked by the White House."

After four days of protests against ICE raids, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass announced that a one square mile area of downtown will be under curfew starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday. "I have declared a local emergency,

With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.

Unlike criticisms Bass faced for her wildfire response, one political observer says mayor’s skillsets are ‘very well suited’ to addressing latest turmoil.

We will not stand for this,” Bass said in a statement released after federal immigration authorities arrested 44 people in raids across Los Angeles.

A press freedom group is suing the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the city itself over what the organization says is mistreatment of journalists covering the civil unrest there in response to President Trump’s immigration initiatives.