Controversy and Protests as Los Angeles Dodgers Say Team Blocked ICE Agents From Stadium Parking Lot

Politicians, protesters and police showed up to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Thursday morning, responding to reports that federal immigration enforcement agents were staging at the stadium parking lot. Agents were seen with vehicles on the roadway to the parking lot, but not inside.

Screen image via Kevin Takumi/X

The Dodgers issued a statement saying the team had blocked ICE agents from the property, “This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”

The Department of Homeland Security responded, “This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement.”

ICE issued their own statement, “False. We were never there.”

NewsNation reporter Ali Bradley reported the purpose of the feds staging at the stadium, “I just talked with CBP sources with knowledge of what happened today at Dodger Stadium: CBP teams went to Hollywood Home Depot to make apprehensions. They did, they were going to transfer them to transport vans off Sunset Blvd, but when things escalated outside of Home Depot they went to an open parking lot at Dodger Stadium to make the consolidated transfer. Agents say no one came over and told them to leave.”

News on the Home Depot raids by KTLA-TV:

KABC-TV report on Dodger Stadium action by politicians and protesters:

Report by NBC News reporter Jacob Soboroff after most of the ICE agents left:

KTTV-TV helicopter reporter Kevin Takumi posted video of the few remaining feds being given a police escort away from the Dodger Stadium parking lot entrance: