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Anti-ICE activists help illegal migrant escape detention in LA: ‘Out of control'

Anti-ICE activists help illegal migrant escape detention in LA: ‘Out of control'

New York Post3 days ago
Anti-ICE protesters helped an illegal migrant escape from a federal detention centre in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, The Post has learned.
The British migrant was shackled as contractors walked him and several others into the ICE detention center for processing when he snuck away with the help of the activists, Homeland Security sources said.
The escape artist detainee was then loaded into a van with the help of the protesters.
4 Protesters blocking the garage entrance of the Los Angeles Federal Building react as Law enforcement officers fire pepper spray at them following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in downtown Los Angeles onJune 6, 2025.
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4 A demonstrator kicks a canister of tear gas during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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4 Protesters confront law enforcement outside an ICE building in LA.
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4 A woman waves up to prisoners in the Metropolitan Detention Center in LA.
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'This is getting out of control,' one source fumed of the anti-ICE activists dominating the streets around the detention center.
A manhunt is now underway for the illegal immigrant, who has not been identified.
A spokesperson for ICE didn't immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
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