After the weeks-long Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and protests, a peaceable present of unity was led by folks on horseback using from Paramount to Compton in assist of immigrants. Hooves echoed via the streets and flags waved excessive as members of the southeast Los Angeles cowboy neighborhood saddled up for a three-mile unity journey to Compton Metropolis Corridor on Sunday. Dozens of riders on horseback led the protest. They had been joined by supporters on foot and in vehicles, holding indicators and honking in assist. Paramount was chosen as the place to begin as a result of it’s the place protests first erupted in early June after federal brokers had been noticed at a staging space close to a House Depot.

Riders make their well beyond U.S. Marines stationed throughout from the Paramount House Depot throughout the Human Rights Unity Trip on Sunday in Compton as ongoing ICE raids happen throughout the larger Los Angeles space.
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Riders make their approach down Alondra Boulevard in Compton on Sunday throughout the Human Rights Unity Trip.
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Juliana Vega pets a horse earlier than the Human Rights Unity Trip.
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1. Compton, CA – June 22: A horse waits earlier than partaking within the the Human Rights Unity Trip as ongoing ICE raids happen throughout the larger Los Angeles Space on on Sunday, June 22, 2025 in Compton, CA. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Occasions) (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Occasions) 2. Compton, CA – June 22: A rider sits atop his horse earlier than the Human Rights Unity Trip as ongoing ICE raids happen throughout the larger Los Angeles Space on on Sunday, June 22, 2025 in Compton, CA. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Occasions) (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Occasions)

Mike Gibson, left, and Connecting Compton co-founder Hector Gomez sit atop their horses earlier than the Human Rights Unity Trip.
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Enrique Vega shuts his eyes as he marches with riders down Alondra Boulevard in Compton on Sunday throughout the Human Rights Unity Trip.
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