Hundreds of people gathered at MacArthur Park on Tuesday to protest recent federal immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles.
The demonstration was part of a 24-hour "Day of Action" planned by immigrant rights advocates and labor unions, including a boycott of Home Depot, Penske, Target and fast food restaurants.
It's in response to a recent spate of high-profile immigration sweeps across Los Angeles, despite a court order temporarily halting indiscriminate raids in the region . President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to lift that order.
The most prominent recent immigration action happened not far from MacArthur Park last week, when federal agents jumped out of a Penske truck in the Westlake Home Depot parking lot and detained 16 people, most of them day l