Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA) claimed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was the first to escalate tensions amid the protests in Los Angeles that “started peacefully.”

A protest broke out Friday against the ICE raids in Paramount, California, that happened earlier that day. Law enforcement arrested protesters for unlawful assembly and assault on peace officers in some cases, but Barragán denied the allegations of violent protesters.

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