"There was 50,000 people outside. They were scaling the walls, scaling the walls."
"Los Angeles is my home. I am the proud son of immigrants from Mexico who worked so hard, who sacrificed so much to live their American dream."
"We do not know where and when the next raids will be. That is the concern."
"The White House instigated this by having ICE raids in our city."
"Don’t come… If you do, you will be turned back."
"The President, he did it on purpose. As the news spread throughout L.A., anxiety for family and friends ramped up and protests started again."
"He’s a tough guy. Why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me."
"This move was purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions."
"Come after me. Arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy."
"Come and get me, tough guy."
"Donald Trump is a stone cold liar."
"Trump may be using the city as a 'test case' for stripping authority from state and local governments."
"They want a spectacle. They want the violence."
"We begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it."
"This isn't just about protests here in Los Angeles."
"We didn’t need the National Guard. Why on Earth? What are they going to do?"
"At no point in the past three days has there been a rebellion or an insurrection."
"When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commander the National Guard, he made that order apply to every state in this nation."
