ICE Protests: Disrupting Agents & Demanding Action
- Demonstrators in the Los Angeles area are using a variety of disruptive tactics—car horns, trumpets, and chants—to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.
- The ICE raids targeting businesses in Los Angeles County are in their eighth day.
- KTLA reported a large gathering outside a DoubleTree in whittier on Wednesday.
Los Angeles erupts in protest as activists disrupt ICE agents and demand action. Demonstrators are targeting hotels housing ICE agents,employing disruptive tactics like car horns and chants of “No sleep for ICE” to make their voices heard regarding the recent raids. These actions highlight ongoing tensions surrounding immigration enforcement and the Trump administration’s policies while the administration is appealing a federal order. News Directory 3 reports on the unfolding events, including actions at hotels where ICE agents are suspected, and the potential withdrawal of National Guard troops. Discover what’s next in this evolving story.
LA Protests Target Hotels Housing ICE Agents Amid Raids
Updated June 13, 2025
Demonstrators in the Los Angeles area are using a variety of disruptive tactics—car horns, trumpets, and chants—to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. The protests, focused on hotels were ICE agents are suspected of staying, aim to keep the agents awake, fueled by the rallying cry: “No sleep for ICE.” These actions highlight the ongoing tensions surrounding immigration enforcement and the Trump administration’s policies.
The ICE raids targeting businesses in Los Angeles County are in their eighth day. The Trump administration is appealing a federal order to withdraw National Guard troops, who California officials say were illegally deployed.Protests have occurred nightly outside hotels in cities including Glendale, Pasadena, Whittier, Arcadia, and Burbank.
KTLA reported a large gathering outside a DoubleTree in whittier on Wednesday. Jeremy Lee Quinn, an independent photojournalist, shared a TikTok video showing demonstrators outside a Hilton Garden Inn in Arcadia. another TikTok video claimed ICE agents subsequently left the building. David Farrier, a journalist and filmmaker, posted footage of a protest outside a Hilton in Glendale, stating, ”Everyone just started doing laps while blasting horns so the little [agents] had a terrible sleep.”
“Everyone just started doing laps while blasting horns so the little [agents] had a terrible sleep.”
An Instagram video showed a person playing a trumpet with the overlaid text: “Heard ICE is trying to sleep. Time to pull out the trumpet. No sleep for kidnappers.”
While it remains unconfirmed if ICE agents were present at all targeted hotels, hundreds of demonstrators protested at Pasadena’s AC Hotel earlier in the week. An instagram reel showed protesters chasing vehicles marked “POLICE” through the hotel’s parking garage, shouting “Fuera ICE” as they drove away.
According to text on the video, “The hotel asked them to leave after we put on pressure.” An AC Hotel employee told Los Angeles Magazine anonymously that some ICE agents had left, noting slashed tires on their vehicles.
State sen.Sasha Renee Perez stated in a video that her office received reports of immigration enforcement officers at several Pasadena hotels. “We know that they actually have checked out of several of those hotels.And in many cases, several hotels have actually asked them to leave,” Perez saeid.
What’s next
With no clear timeline for ICE’s withdrawal and National Guard troops expected to remain through the weekend,further demonstrations are anticipated. While large rallies are planned across the country, downtown Los Angeles, heavily patrolled by law enforcement, may not see the same scale of protests as earlier in the week. The