{"id":6353,"date":"2025-06-22T21:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/6353\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T21:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T21:57:09","slug":"compton-cowboys-host-unity-ride-to-denounce-immigration-raids-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/6353\/","title":{"rendered":"Compton Cowboys host unity ride to denounce immigration raids \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Callers of peace trotted on horses from Paramount to Compton City Hall on Sunday as part of a unity ride against ongoing immigration raids that have swept through Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>The Compton Cowboys, a group of equestrian riders who serve the youth in their community with their programs, began their trek at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/protesters-clash-with-federal-agents-near-a-home-depot-in-paramount\/3717994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Depot in Paramount<\/a>, where earlier this month, law enforcement clashed with demonstrators following an immigration operation outside the store. The horseback riders traveled to Compton City Hall as a visual metaphor signifying the link between Black and Brown communities, denouncing the federal raids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people united will never be divided\u201d was one of the chants recited during the unity ride. Participants said they were called to get involved to protect their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is going to save us. We have to come out and stand up,\u201d said Hector Gomez-Mercardo, one of the organizers of the ride and a local teacher.<\/p>\n<p>As an educator in the community, Gomez-Mercardo said he\u2019s seen firsthand the concern his students have amid the immigration operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could see the fear in these kids, the uncertainty of what\u2019s going to happen tomorrow,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2019Am I going to lose my parents?\u2019 It\u2019s gotten to the point where by the color of your skin, you\u2019re getting picked up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs federal officials tried to block protesters from moving forward, some of the people in the crowd started a fire while others jumped on a burned car.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Enrique Vega, one of Sunday\u2019s participants, said he grew up around horses thanks to his father. He said he\u2019s passing on the tradition from one generation to the next as he peacefully fights what he said is an injustice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud Americans, but we\u2019re also proud sons and daughters of immigrants,\u201d Vega said. He added the following message to President Donald Trump: \u201cTo send a message to the administration that you know as much as they would like to; Latinos aren\u2019t going anywhere. We\u2019re indigenous to this land.<\/p>\n<p>Federal agents were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/photos-of-immigration-raids-protests-la-los-angeles\/3718098\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">present in Compton last week<\/a>, prompting the community to push back in protest. Assemblymember Mike Gibson, whose district represents Compton, said he and local leaders condemn the raids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am heartbroken,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is my country. This is my country, this is my city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to file lawsuits against this administration and win in court,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA protester in Downey explains why she joined a &#8216;No Kings&#8217; demonstration. Video from Saturday June 14, 2025.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Callers of peace trotted on horses from Paramount to Compton City Hall on Sunday as part of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,6081,409,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-6353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-compton","11":"tag-immigration","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114729258034161788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}