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Protestors Rally in Pershing Square Against ICE and the Donroe Doctrine

A coalition of activist and political groups brought people out to the streets to protest ICE and the Trump administration’s attacks on Venezuela. Many also paid tribute to Renee Nicole Good, killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, and Keith Porter, killed by an off-duty ICE agent in Northridge.

4:55 PM PST on January 11, 2026

Protesters face off against LAPD in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26.

|Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco

Over a thousand people rallied in Pershing Square yesterday and marched through the streets of DTLA to protest ICE’s reign of terror. It was one of many demonstrations in Los Angeles and in the country, days after ICE agent Jonathan Ross killed Renee Nicole Good in her vehicle.

The protest was organized by a coalition of local and national activist and political groups. Protestors also demonstrated against the Trump administration’s Donroe Doctrine and its attacks on Venezuela.

Protestors marched through the streets with one group of people heading to Little Tokyo and another to the Metropolitan Detention Center. LAPD reported six arrests total. Legal observer Di Barbadillo was briefly detained but was released after Sergeant Gordon Helper intervened.

Anti-ICE protesters gather at Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters gather at Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters gather at Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters gather at Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26.Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march to Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march to Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Anti-ICE protesters march to Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26.Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
A protester stands in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Protesters face off against LAPD in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
LAPD officers arrest a protester in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
Graffiti commemorating Renee Nicole Good in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
LAPD officers arrest a protester in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
LAPD officers arrest a protester in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco
LAPD officers release a legal observer after falsely detaining her in front of Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles on 1/10/26. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for L.A. Taco

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Ivan Fernandez
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A.k.a. Afroxander; Weekend Editor at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.

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