{"id":17394,"date":"2026-07-26T03:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17394"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:23:33","slug":"pasadena-demonstrators-protest-ice-shootings-on-national-day-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17394","title":{"rendered":"Pasadena demonstrators protest ICE shootings on National Day of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>Approximately 50  demonstrators gathered Saturday morning in Pasadena  as part of a national action to honor lives lost during immigration enforcement operations and in detention centers  during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>They wore fliers around  their necks,  hung with yellow thread,  bearing the smiling faces and names of some of the 75 people who have died since January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKilled by ICE\u201d was printed above a photo of each person, including local resident  Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a 52-year-old killed while trying to flee immigration agents who descended on a Home Depot in Monrovia last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles residents, part of the San Gabriel Foothills Indivisible group, carried American flags and held signs that read \u201cNo ICE No War\u201d and \u201cStop ICE Murders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood morning, Pasadena,\u201d Betsy Hanger, an organizer with the group, boomed into a megaphone as she walked through an intersection. \u201cHonk for democracy. Honk if you want ICE off our streets now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A chorus of horns sounded as drivers signaled their support.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer Andra Clarke held  a banner in each hand that read \u201cNeighbors Say ICE Out.\u201d The sign around her neck carried the name and photo of Francisco Gaspar-Andr\u00e9s, a 48-year-old who died in a Texas detention center in December.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure m-0\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f25f9e3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/0d5ef0a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6194a89\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fcd9a6f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1024x683!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/2449b14\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img class=\"image\" alt=\"Heba Turner holds a protest sign. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fc04f26\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/92eeb84\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/568x379!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6f77afe\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/768x512!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/82c287c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1024x683!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/8c232ea\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/8c232ea\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F9a%2Fedf6c362479e8db64df89d2c52da%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-02-mjc.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>Heba Turner was among protesters demanding justice for those killed by ICE officers. <\/p>\n<p>(Myung J. Chun \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Clarke, 61, said the group has been gathering at the intersection of  Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue every Saturday since March. Last weekend, they celebrated civil rights activist John Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, though, their focus was aimed at ICE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow 75 people have died at the hands of ICE,\u201d Clarke said. \u201cWe were originally told, \u2018Oh they\u2019re going to go after the criminals, the people who are the worst of the worst.\u2019 That\u2019s a lie; that is not what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re targeting communities, they\u2019re targeting people of color. It\u2019s fascism. \u2026 Anybody who cares about humanity should care about what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clarke said it hit her hard when she learned of the two recent deaths at the hands of ICE.<\/p>\n<p>The event was also a vigil honoring 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed by an ICE agent in Houston on July 7 while driving his construction crew to a job site, and Johan Sebastian Guerrero, 25, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Maine during a traffic stop earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, again? It just doesn\u2019t end. It feels like it never ends \u2014 the evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before noon, Clarke used a megaphone to read  aloud the names of the dozens who have died. After each name read, Hanger struck a singing bowl, the vibrations sounding out  in the corner where they stood. At times, she  read  \u201cunidentified man\u201d or \u201cfour unidentified women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next to them  was a poster board with a photo of Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old woman found unresponsive at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh after ICE released her \u201cinto cold winter conditions and no care for mental health episodes or notice to relatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s take a moment of silence for all those who were taken,\u201d Clarke said,  bowing her head.<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<figure class=\"figure m-0\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/11dd00e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/320x234!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/4963701\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/568x415!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/0d6733f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/768x561!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b63c61f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/1024x748!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/856d7c2\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/1200x877!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><img class=\"image\" alt=\"Protesters in Pasadena. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/cad03df\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/320x234!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 320w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/5834a7e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/568x415!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 568w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/e226132\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/768x561!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 768w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/cc63577\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/1024x748!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/738b1e3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/1200x877!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" width=\"1200\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/738b1e3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4588x3353+0+0\/resize\/1200x877!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2F2b%2Ff7949d0d417db5af32ddd743b9b5%2F1564265-me-national-day-of-action-and-vigil-01-mjc.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>\n<div class=\"figure-content\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like, again? It just doesn\u2019t end. It feels like it never ends \u2014 the evil,\u201d said Andra Clarke, an organizer for San Gabriel Foothills Indivisible.<\/p>\n<p>(Myung J. Chun \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Among those gathered to listen was Leticia Lopez, a 65-year-old South Pasadena resident whose voice trembled as she talked about the impact  of hearing about another  arrest or death tied to enforcement operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gets me to the core,\u201d she said, striking her chest. \u201cIt\u2019s not getting any better, it\u2019s getting worse. I just feel like I need to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lopez, who wore a shirt that read \u201cImmigrants are not criminals but the president is,\u201d said her mother and grandmother were forcefully repatriated from Arizona to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother, who was raised in Mexico, later  met her father there. He moved to the U.S. in the 1950s as a bracero. Hearing the stories of today, she said, \u201ctriggers everything that they went through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I see it happening, it\u2019s a generational trauma that I feel,\u201d she said. Lopez said people around her are carrying  passports and  documents in public to prove they\u2019re citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they\u2019re afraid they might be profiled, picked up, kidnapped by ICE. When my son goes out, I worry,\u201d she said of her 28-year-old.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 50 demonstrators gathered Saturday morning in Pasadena as part of a national action to honor lives lost during immigration enforcement operations and in detention centers during the Trump administration. 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