Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) on Friday signed an executive order affirming the city’s support for immigrants amid an enforcement crackdown by the Trump administration.
“Under my new Executive Order, I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act about when and where enforcement activities have taken place in LA, the identities of individuals and reason they were arrested or detained,” Bass wrote in a Friday post on X.
“We will also be requesting information exposing how much these raids cost taxpayers nationwide,” she added.
The order directs departments to deliver preparedness plans for immigration enforcement within 2 weeks and establish a working group with local police, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, immigrant rights organizations and community leaders to gather feedback and additional guidance on responses to federal authorities.
“We are a proud city of immigrants, and with the Trump Administration signaling that they will ratchet up their chaotic approach, I’m making sure we deploy every resource and tool available within the City to ensure that we are supporting immigrant communities,” Bass said.
“We will continue pursuing legal relief through the courts, and I am issuing orders to all General Managers to bolster their response and support for immigrant communities. I will never accept these unlawful and chaotic raids and will continue to do all that I can to defend the rights of the people of Los Angeles.”
The new measure comes one day after the city formally joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration regarding immigration raids in the local area.
Large groups of residents gathered to protest June raids that resulted in the detainment of dozens, including a local labor union president.
The president sent the National Guard and Marines to quell demonstrations.
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