LA Latinos Urge Dodgers to Speak Out on ICE Raids

Call for Dodgers to Address ICE Raids

• 🎯 A grassroots nonprofit is urging the Los Angeles Dodgers to publicly address recent ICE raids impacting the community.
• 💡 The Latino Coalition believes the Dodgers, with over 40% of their fanbase being Latino, should take a stand.

Economic Impact on Latino Community

• 💰 Raul Claros, representing a nonprofit aiding the needy, stated that fans should boycott Dodger games until the team invests in the community.
• 📉 Businesses around Dodger Stadium are also suffering as immigrants are too afraid to come to work, impacting the distribution of essential items like diapers and food.

Other Sports Teams' Responses

• ⚽ Angel City Football Club is selling t-shirts with net proceeds going to an immigrant services group.
• 🤝 Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) released a statement on X, affirming their solidarity with all community members during this time of fear and uncertainty.

Dodgers' Past and Present Silence

• 🗣️ The push for the Dodgers to speak out comes after a singer claimed a Dodgers representative told her not to sing the national anthem in Spanish.
• 🔇 The Dodgers organization did not provide a response when reached out to by FOX 11.