'Not afraid': East L.A.'s Mexican Independence Day parade goes on, even amid ICE raids

East L.A.’s 79th annual Mexican Independence Day parade seem to draw smaller crowds but a sense of pride amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Recent Supreme Court ruling allowing “roving patrols” has sparked fears, with some community members staying home during ongoing raids.

Despite intimidation, parade-goers displayed anti-ICE signs and Latino pride, with Mayor Karen Bass expressing solidarity with immigrant communities.

For the 79th year, mariachi musicians, waving Mexican flags and shouts of “Viva Mexico,” flooded Cesar Chavez Avenue in East Los Angeles for the annual Mexican Independence Day parade and celebration.

But this year, in the face of the Trump administration’s relentless immigration crackdown — recently bolstered by the Supreme Court decision that allows