Immigration raids, protests continue in LA

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT

A protester challenges a line of California National Guardsmen protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Eric Thayer/AP)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez about the immigration arrests and protests that have sparked unrest in the city since Friday.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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