Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA
New data from the City of Los Angeles’ Controller shows that anti-ICE riots across the city had cost taxpayers over $32 million between June 1 and June 17.
LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia tried to spin numbers on X, attributing the massive cost to the city to “ICE raids.”
“$29.5 million or 92% relates to LAPD’s response to protests against ICE, including citywide tactical alert costs,” he said, failing to mention the violence by so-called protesters that spurred police responses.
Police have arrested at least 561 people since the riots started earlier this month.
He also mentioned the “$1.4 million relates to clean-up / public property damage,” but somehow, it’s ICE’s fault that leftist rioters and illegal aliens caused over one million dollars in damage.
The total, roughly $32 million, “does not include potential lawsuits,” Mejia said.
UPDATE: ICE RAIDS HAVE NOW COST LA TAXPAYERS $32 MILLION
$29.5 million or 92% relates to LAPD’s response to protests against ICE including citywide tactical alert costs
$1.4 million relates to clean-up / public property damage
Does not include potential lawsuits pic.twitter.com/6sWZALDKeZ
— LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia (@lacontroller) June 20, 2025
ICE agents have faced a 500% increase due to Democrats like Mejia lying to the American people and defaming law enforcement like this.
It can be recalled that Governor Gavin Newsom sued President Trump for exercising his authority as President to federalize the National Guard and prevent the riots from becoming even more violent and costing more money. Trump had sent in 4,000 National Guard Troops to help quell the riots.
After winning a leftist federal judge in San Francisco ordered President Trump to return control of the National Guard to California, the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court unanimously sided with Trump, allowing him to keep the California National Guard deployed.
However, leftist radicals and illegal aliens are still out in the streets attacking law enforcement and destroying public property.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, two Border Patrol vehicles were rammed, their tires slashed, and windows smashed on Friday in Bell and Maywood, California, as violent mobs broke out in the area.
Violent Mobs Attack Border Patrol in Los Angeles Suburbs of Maywood and Bell — Cars Rammed, Tires Slashed, Windows Smashed
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