Posted on 07/04/2025 12:51:23 PM PDT by Twotone
Several California cities canceled their Fourth of July celebrations, reportedly citing Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities as the reason for the last-minute decision.
With President Donald Trump's vow to execute the biggest deportation effort in the nation's history, ICE has increased its efforts to find and detain illegal aliens.
California, the state with the largest illegal immigrant population, has been a prime target of the administration's immigration enforcement activities, sparking mass protests and even destructive rioting last month.
Now, several California cities are reportedly faulting ICE for their decision to cancel Independence Day celebrations.
The city of Cudahy, located in southeastern Los Angeles, announced last Wednesday that it was "postponing" an Independence Day celebration scheduled for July 3 "due to recent events and concerns regarding the safety of our residents."
The post did not directly cite ICE activities as the reason for the postponement. As of Tuesday, the event had not been rescheduled.
Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez faced calls to resign, including from the L.A. police union, after she appeared to call on the city's street gangs to stop ICE's operations.
In a now-deleted June video, Gonzalez said, "I want to know where all the cholos are at in Los Angeles: 18th Street, Florencia. Where's the leadership at? Because you guys are all about territory and 'This is 18th Street,' and, 'This is Florencia.' You guys tag everything up, claiming hood and now that your hood's being invaded by the biggest gang there is, there ain't a peep out of you."
"Whoever's the leadership over there, just f**king get your members in order," Gonzalez added.
Matt Himes, a California resident and the managing editor for Blaze Media's Align, stated, "Last week L.A. County official Cynthia Gonzalez allegedly went on TikTok to encourage local gang members to fight back against ICE. She didn't ask how her law-abiding constituents felt about the prospect of open warfare in their neighborhood. This disdain for the average citizen is typical of California's Democrat leadership."
Bell Gardens, a city located just east of Cudahy, also canceled its Fourth of July events, directly citing concerns about immigration enforcement.
"Out of an abundance of caution regarding concerns for resident safety over federal immigration enforcement activities, the City of Bell Gardens will be canceling the scheduled events between June 24, 2025, and July 10, 2025, including the Movie Nights on June 26 and July 10 as well as the Independence Day Celebration," the city wrote.
Since the notice of cancellation, the city has repeatedly used its social media account to promote "immigration workshops."
One pinned post reads, "Know your rights! Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed constitutional rights." The post instructs immigrants on how to respond to ICE agents arriving at their home, advising them not to open the door for officers unless they have a warrant signed by a judge.
"Remain silent and [do] not answer questions from immigration agents," it reads.
Huntington Park, a city northwest of Cudahy, similarly postponed its Independence Day celebrations, though it did not provide a reason.
"The Celebration of Independence scheduled for Thursday, July 3rd has been postponed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding and support," the city wrote.
Boyle Heights, located east of the Los Angeles River, postponed its July 4 events, citing ICE activities, according to Alejandra Alarcon, a spokesperson for the office of city council member Ysabel Jurado.
Alarcon told the Boyle Heights Beat, "We're responding to the crisis with the presence of federal agents in the community."
The outlet reported that celebrations for Boyle Heights, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights, and Northeast Los Angeles will be postponed until sometime in August.
Jurado’s deputy for economic innovation and community growth, Lucia Aguilar, was arrested, along with her twin sister, for allegedly assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon during the anti-ICE riots in June. The twin sisters are the daughters of Rick Cole, a Democratic Pasadena City council member
As some California cities prioritize shielding illegal immigrants over celebrating Independence Day, critics argue these actions betray the core values of America.
Himes stated, "Legal immigrants love July 4 — just like people who've been here for generations. But too bad: What really matters is 'protecting' the people with no respect for our country's laws. Even my neighborhood of the Pacific Palisades (which burned to the ground on the watch of that same Democratic leadership) is having a big July 4 party — my condolences to all my fellow Californians being denied one."
Gloria Romero, a former Democratic majority leader in the California State Senate, told Fox News, "They're basically canceling America; they're canceling patriotism."
"We are basically led by a far-left, ultra-woke, [Trump derangement syndrome]-suffering fools," she said.
Our Founding Fathers would do a facepalm over this.
So deny the fireworks to the ‘12’ !
“due to recent events and concerns regarding the safety of our residents.”
…uh yeah, sure. Think I’ll call BS on this. They’ve been terrorizing their tax paying, American residents for years with these illegal animals.
Unfortunately with upwards of 2++ million illegals in southern California alone, it would probably take 4 more terms of Trump in office to rid that state of most of the illegals.
What does American citizens celebrating the birthday of our country have to do with illegal aliens ???
Was Cinco de Mayo cancelled to ‘protect’ the Mexican illegal aliens ???
California is NOT an American state. It’s the reservation for illegal alien foreign invaders. Californians love the “unaccompanied” Mexican toddlers and their señoritas.
I’ll bet the drug addicted Calis bass turds never miss Sinko Da Mayo though. They need the votes.
FReepers have been posting vids of these displays the past few years.
Enemies both foreign and domestic.
Evocative of school superintendents who always cancel the programs most popular with parents (e.g., sports) when a cut is threatened.
The drug addicted blue city scum should allow the wets to at least have a little taste of Independence Day by burning a few American flags and burning some cop cars with fireworks. It’s the illegal alien way.
Simple, if they held 4th celebrations in CA cities with heavy illegal populations, ICE would show up and bust a lot of them.
It’s just an excuse though, as many cities in S. CA are very much pro-criminal/pro illegal alien, so it’s also a protest against Trump’s deportation policies. It’s choking off the Communist’s golden goose/power, and they don’t like it.
This reveals their intellect and morality quite clearly.
I am in Ca. what I have noticed this year is there are no fireworks stands EVERYWHERE, I saw 1 going up yesterday in the evening the day before the 4th!! Next thing I have noticed is that I have not heard the BLASTING of fireworks for days on end BEFORE the 4th upsetting my pets!! It has been very quiet this year, I think all of the illegals here are keeping a VERY LOW profile, most places the fireworks are illegal HOWEVER they were blasting them anyway BECAUSE the police couldn’t keep up with the complaints, this year they are taking no chances on police OR ICE showing up at their doors!! For years I have never understood WHY IN THE HELL a city full of Mexicans here illegally would be partying so loudly on the 4th of July, go figure!! I am really enjoying the quiet this year however!!
These bass turds have taken our history and our money, now they want our country to use as a reservation and plantation for their “hardworking” slaves, prostitutes and their “unaccompanied” sex toy toddlers.
They’re not canceling because of ICE.
They’re canceling because they’re afraid celebrating the USA will result in RIOTS.
And they don’t want to have the stores looted and graffiti all over along with having to pay for more security.
That’s because they want cheap labor and slaves.
That Cuban communist bitch made a big deal of May day celebrations...
Nothing about Independence Day...
Need to rent her a top-floor room at one of those Russian hotels that Putin uses as a garbage disposal unit...
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