Downtown LA lights up with faces of resistance to immigration raids

Listen 2:45 Downtown LA lights up with faces of resistance to immigration raids

Drive through downtown Los Angeles at night and you’ll see billboard-sized portraits of Angelenos projected onto landmarks like the Japanese American National Museum and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes .

It’s not an ad campaign. It’s protest through art — a new project condemning the federal immigration raids that have swept up thousands across the region in recent months.

One by one, portraits of dozens of Angelenos who’ve voiced their opposition to the raids flash across the buildings. A few are recognizable right away like Edward James Olmos and George Takei, veteran actors and activists who’ve fought against racial injustice.

“This is totally, totally one of the most extraordinary moments of my life