LA On The Front Lines Of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

拉美地区在特朗普移民打击行动的最前线

What A Day

2025-06-09

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People protesting against Immigration Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles and President Trump’s crackdown on immigration clashed with the National Guard over the weekend. Ruben Vives, a general assignment reporter with the LA Times, helped us break down what's happening across the city right now. And in headlines, Republicans are still trying to persuade Americans the Big Beautiful Bill is somehow going to save us money, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is returned to the US to face charges, and a salmonella outbreak across several states is linked to eggs. Show Notes: Check out Ruben's reporting – www.latimes.com/people/ruben-vivesSubscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Monday, June 9th.

  • I'm Jane Kustin, and this is What Today,

  • the show that is glad New Jersey Senator Cory Booker would not accept money from Elon Musk,

  • despite Elon Musk at no point ever indicating he would ever give Cory Booker money.

  • I mean, I guess it's good to just get that said or something.

  • On today's show, Republicans go to bed for Trump's big,

  • beautiful bill that is not beautiful.

  • And the Department of Justice says Kilmar Obrego-Garcia was flown back to the U.S.,

  • even though it initially said over and over, we can't do that.

  • But let's start with Los Angeles,

  • where we record the show and the location of protests against immigration and customs enforcement and where the Trump administration has decided to escalate by sending in the National Guard.

  • Let's back up for a second and explain how we got here.

  • Because contrary to President Donald Trump's Sunday Truth Social post,

  • Los Angeles has not been, quote, invaded and occupied.

  • On Friday,

  • ICE agents and members of the FBI rolled through L.A.'s Garment District to serve a search warrant to a business suspected of employing undocumented workers.

  • This is part of a broader effort,

  • spurred on by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller,

  • to prioritize worksite immigration enforcement to goose deportation numbers.

  • That's because,