section_path: Background
section_name: Background
paragraph_text: Background
  
  Protests and movements against ICE have been seen throughout the United States, with a major movement seen in Abolish ICE, which gained mainstream traction in June 2018, following the Trump administration family separation policy. Prior protests against ICE and anti-mass deportations were seen in California in February 2025, shortly after Donald Trump's election in the 2024 United States presidential election.
  
  In November 2024, following Trump's election, the Los Angeles City Council declared the city to be a sanctuary city. Trump's immigration policy elicited concern from California's immigrant population. Trump officials have warned that sanctuary cities would be the target of immigration crackdown efforts. During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump said he would use the military to end protests without consent from state governors, actions which his aides had talked him out of during his first term. He also stated he would use the military against "the enemy within".
  
  In May 2025, the Trump administration began to implement a deportation strategy that involved targeting workplaces.