The Trump administration has used the narrative that unauthorised migrants are behind criminal activity in Los Angeles.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that a “migrant invasion” has taken over Los Angeles, in a bid to justify migrant arrests during Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids since June 6.
Others in his administration have echoed that rationale, after the raids triggered ongoing protests and Trump called the National Guard and Marines into the city to quell unrest, clashing with California Governor Gavin Newsom.
But how accurate are these claims of an invasion by undocumented migrants?
“A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on June 8. Trump added that he is ordering his administration officials to “take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots”.
