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Images and on-line footage confirmed protests exterior the Gold Cup soccer sport between Mexico and the Dominican Republic at SoFi Stadium on Saturday.
One of many people who joined the protests criticized President Donald Trump in an interview with The Los Angeles Occasions.
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Los Angeles, CA. June 14, 2025 Protesters in entrance of the Intuit Dome earlier than the Concacaf Gold Cup Mexico versus Dominican Republic in Inglewood on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Luke Johnson/Los Angeles)
“I’m a soccer fan however as we speak we’re not for soccer,” Daniel Fuentes stated in Spanish. “It’s not honest what Donald Trump is doing, lifting up our working individuals saying they’re criminals and it isn’t so. They’re raging in opposition to us Latinos, saying we’re the worst.”
The continuing unrest over immigration enforcement in Southern California spilled onto the streets surrounding the stadium amid uncertainty over potential ICE raids impacting the sport.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged U.S. immigration forces in Los Angeles to offer grace to followers on the Mexico vs. Dominican Republic sport.
“We do not consider that at any soccer match there shall be any [immigration] motion … we name for none to be taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” Sheinbaum stated in a Friday press convention.
“Mexico will at all times promote peace,” she added.
A number of followers on the sport instructed the Los Angeles Occasions that the scenario rocking Los Angeles culminated in a extra somber-than-usual temper for the Mexico followers on the sport.
“When the Mexican workforce performs, it’s a celebration, proper? However no, it wasn’t,” a person nicknamed “El Coronel” instructed the outlet.
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Protesters in entrance of the Intuit Dome earlier than the Concacaf Gold Cup Mexico versus Dominican Republic in Inglewood on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Luke Johnson/Los Angele)
“We don’t really feel proper celebrating with music and meals [when] our brothers and sisters and cousins and moms are all affected by what’s occurring.”
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