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“It’s kind of scary. They’re taking anyone at this point. I just saw that ICE went to a car wash and took two people. And those are hard-working people — they are not criminals,” Segura, a 15-year-old South Gate resident, said.

“Our position is and will continue being the defense of the honest, hard-working Mexicans who help the economy of the United States and their families in Mexico,” Sheinbaum wrote.

Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are being treated like criminals.

Sheinbaum, who has won widespread acclaim for her deft handling of incendiary pronouncements by President Trump on tariffs, drug smuggling and other issues, again sought to walk a fine line: She called on U.S. authorities to “respect the human dignity” of “hard-working” and “honest” Mexican immigrants, while denouncing unlawful acts.

“The violent protesters in LA don’t represent the Mexican people: dignified and hard-working, that we know and respect,” Johnson wrote in Spanish on X. “Our actions protect every community and reinforce the rule of law. Mexico is our partner and our nations are profoundly united.”