Caught in the crackdown: As arrests at anti-ICE protests piled up, prosecutions crumbled

By: A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Gabrielle Schonder, Frontline

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 4,250

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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This story was originally published by ProPublica.

The National Guard soldiers in desert camo piled out of unmarked vans in East Los Angeles last June, cordoning off East Sixth Street, a residential street lined with single family houses, and blocking a nearby road leading to an elementary school.

A squad of federal agents moved in flinging flash-bang grenades — explosives designed to disorient — into a small home before storming inside. They’d come …

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