Federal agents blocked from entering LA Dodgers stadium


U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted staging near Los Angelesโ€™ Dodger Stadium, prompting the property’s owners to tell them to leave.

Dozens of federal agents clad in tactical gear, most hiding their faces, were using the stadium exterior as a meeting place before fanning out in the surrounding neighborhoods.

According to ABC7, Los Angeles elected officials alerted the stadium to ICE’s presence, prompting the owners of the LA Dodgers organization to tell the agents to leave the property.

As of 11am local time, only a few federal officers were still at the site, according to ABC7.

“We’ve been in communication with the mayor’s office, with the Dodgers, with Dodgers security, about seeing if they can get them moved off their private property,” Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez told the outlet.

ICE agents were spotted setting up near โ€” and reportedly told to leave โ€” Dodgers Stadium
ICE agents were spotted setting up near โ€” and reportedly told to leave โ€” Dodgers Stadium (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Dodgers as an organization have been largely silent on the ongoing ICE raids in Los Angeles, but the decision today may signal that they’ll be picking a side soon,

According to the Los Angeles Times, the organization is reportedly planning to announce initiatives meant to support immigrant communities impacted by the raids.

On Saturday, the singer Nezza shrugged off the team’s reported request to perform the National Anthem in English. Instead, she sang in Spanish.

โ€œI just felt like I needed to do it. Para mi gente,โ€ she said. โ€œSafe to say Iโ€™m never allowed in that stadium ever again,” she said in a video explaining what happened.

The Dodgers released a statement after the incident saying there we “no hard feelings” and that the team “would be happy to have her back.”

The incident occurred before a game against the team’s longtime rival, the San Francisco Giants, and on the same day as the “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump.

ICEโ€™s raids in LA earlier this month was a flashpoint that kicked off massive protests in the city, which then spun off into nation-wide demonstrations.

Trump mobilized the National Guard โ€” against the wishes of California Governor Gavin Newsom โ€” and sent the federalized soldiers alongside U.S. Marines into the city to crush the protests.

The president announced late on Tuesday that he was sending another 2,000 federalized troops to LA to try to stamp out the protests.

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