Dodgers compromise $ 1 million to families affected by immigration arrests, day after claiming ice agents
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He Los Angeles Dodgers They have promised $ 1 million to help families impacted by immigration arrests, a measure that occurs one day after the organization said that immigrations and the application of Customs (ICE) of the entrance to the stadium land were denied.
The team issued a statement on Friday announcing the commitment, adding that money will go “towards direct financial assistance for the families of immigrants affected by recent events in the region.”
The Centerfield Square during the Media Day before the game one of the World Series between the Dodgers of Los Angeles and the Yankees of New York at the Dodger Stadium on October 24, 2024. (Images Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn)
“What is happening in Los Angeles He has reverberated between thousands and thousands of people, and we have heard the calls to take a main role in the name of those affected, “said the president and CEO of the Dodgers, Stan Kasten, in a statement.
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“We believe that by committing resources and taking measures, we will continue to support and raise the communities of the Great Los Angeles.”
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, thanked the MLB Team for her support after the arrests, which she said that “they have sent fear shock waves that undoubted for each neighborhood.”
“My message to all the Angels is clear: we will stay together during this time and we will not turn our backs on each other, that is what makes this the best city in the world,” Bass’s statement continued.
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, speaks in a prayer vigil in Grand Park when the curfew entered into force after days of protests in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/News through Getty Images)
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The promise continued A claim in dispute of the dodgers’ On Thursday, when the team claimed to have rejected the application of ICE agents to enter the Dodger Stadium parking lot before a game.
Ice quickly denied the statement in a publication on social networks, saying “false. We were never there.”
The police were detected outside the Dodger Stadium on the early Thursday that was initially believed that it was ICE, which caused the protesters on the site. But in their own statement after ICE’s denial, customs and border protection of the United States (CBP) said that “CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking very briefly,” and “it had nothing to do with the Dodgers.”
The officials were seen outside the Dodger stadium on Thursday. (KTTV)
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The vehicles on the grounds of the stadium were “not related to any operation or application,” said a CBP spokesman in a statement.
Ryan Morik of News Digital contributed to this report.
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