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The federal immigration operations in Los Angeles have created a sense of «political irony» in the Golden State, according to Los Angeles County Republican Party Chair Roxanne Hoge.
The region continues to make waves after anti-ICE riots in June, as well as authorities recently conducting a massive operation on a cannabis farm in Southern California that resulted in a riot, hundreds of illegal immigrant arrests and a child labor investigation into the company. The operation was the result of a criminal search warrant, and the company, Glass House Brands, has denied intentional wrongdoing.
«The political irony of the Trump administration coming in to clean up the mess that the California Democrats has made, is it will make Los Angeles livable, right?» Hoge said.
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A law enforcement officer fires a less-lethal projectile during a protest on Saturday, June 14, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Noah Berger)
«They’re gonna end up looking better because the traffic will be easier, ERs will be easy to get to, and people will realize that there isn’t a two-tiered justice system,» Hoge continued. «If you want to open a restaurant in Los Angeles, you’re looking at years before you can get the permits and build something. Just look at the poor people in the Palisades. If you’re illegal, Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom have rolled out the welcome mat for you and your cart on the street. And people are noticing that.»
In a deep blue area, Republicans generally have an uphill battle, and Hoge said that the message for the party to Independents and «disaffected Democrats» is to «continue to espouse public safety.» In November, Los Angeles County voters ousted progressive District Attorney George Gascon and swapped him out with Nathan Hochman, an independent, by a wide margin.
«That really is the number one role of government, and it is the thing that the Democrats have completely failed at,» Hoge said. «They own Los Angeles, all of it. The encampments, the inability to run a business, the inability of your kids to get a good education. That all lies on the feet of California Democrats, and we’re just going to keep pointing out that we can do better.»
The fires in Los Angeles brought heightened scrutiny to California leadership earlier this year, but the attention on them quickly shifted to immigration nationally. Mayor Bass and Gov. Newsom have been vocal opponents of the administration, with the mayor even directly meeting with ICE during a sweep earlier this month near MacArthur Park.
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Authorities used tear gas against protesters who converged on a Southern California marijuana farm amid an immigration raid on Thursday. (KABC LA)
«They need to leave, and they need to leave right now. They need to leave because this is unacceptable!» Bass said at the time, and later said at a press conference that ICE needs to «go home.»
«I don’t know if there’s a deal to be made. Like I told you, the deal that needs to be made is for them to go home,» the Democrat said at the press conference.
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Newsom has also remained firm in his stance against the administration, including a lawsuit against National Guard troop deployment by President Donald Trump over the riots in June.
«For more than a month, [Trump] has been exploiting [the California National Guard] as his political pawns,» Newsom posted to X on July 15, as some of the troops were taken off their orders. «Thousands of members are still federalized in Los Angeles for no reason and unable to carry out their critical duties across the state. End this theater and send everyone home.»
Hoge said voters should consider the broader issues that stem from the border crisis and illegal immigration, created in her view.
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People hold Mexican flags and gesture next to a car in flames following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, on June 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Barbara Davidson)
«My message is the same to everyone, including disaffected Democrats, of which I was a classic liberal. I’m an immigrant. I came here legally and became a naturalized citizen,» Hoge said, adding that Democrats are «taking advantage» of people coming to the country illegally and opening the door to «exploitation by employers,» sex crimes, and «all sorts of horrible things.»
«I would say just remember that the fruit of the poison tree is the original sanctuary laws,» Hoge said.
However, the Republican noted that the political implications are «tough to tell,» adding that the left «has the advantage of just playing the same emotional notes over and over.»
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«Sometimes people are swayed by that,» she added.
Los Angeles is considered a sanctuary city as of November 2024, which acts as a roadblock for the city to be «utilized» or «to cooperate» with the federal government on «immigration enforcement,» according to a news release. The policy is currently facing a federal lawsuit.
As for the state of California, the governor’s office recently said to Fox News Digital on background that state law «does not impede criminal investigations or sharing of information about an individual’s criminal history. California does not interfere with the federal government’s authority to enforce federal immigration laws with federal resources.»
The governor’s office noted on background that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has «coordinated» on over 11,000 cases with ICE, including serious crimes.
Un grupo de científicos de China y Singapur descubrió que los microplásticos, sean convencionales o biodegradables, sueltan compuestos invisibles en el agua cuando reciben luz solar.
Estos compuestos recibieron el nombre de «materia orgánica disuelta derivada de microplásticos« y son distintos de los que ya existen en la naturaleza.
El hallazgo, que fue publicado en la revista New Contaminants, muestra que la luz ultravioleta activa a los residuos plásticos y convierte el agua en un lugar donde se forman nuevas sustancias.
Los investigadores advirtieron que el aporte de los nuevos compuestos aumentará en el futuro por la gran cantidad de micro y nanoplásticos y residuos plásticos que ya hay en el ambiente, y porque su cantidad sigue en aumento.
El resultado implica que, a medida que crece la contaminación plástica, el agua recibe cada vez más compuestos que pueden afectar a los seres vivos y modificar los ciclos naturales.
El estudio fue realizado por Shiting Liu, Xiamu Zelang, Chao Ma, Zhuoyu Li, Xinyue Wang, Hanyu Ju y Jiunian Guan.
Trabajan en la Escuela de Medio Ambiente de la Universidad Normal del Noreste, el Instituto de Ciencias del Sistema Tierra de la Universidad de Tianjin y el Laboratorio Estatal de Conservación de Suelos de la Academia de Ciencias de China. También colaboró Jingjie Zhang, de la Universidad Nacional de Singapur.
Los microplásticos son pequeños fragmentos de plástico, de entre 13 y 74 micrómetros, que provienen de la degradación de objetos plásticos más grandes y pueden encontrarse en el agua, el suelo y el aire.
El grupo de investigadores se había propuesto averiguar cómo los microplásticos liberan compuestos en el agua, y qué cambios había bajo luz ultravioleta.
Tuvieron en cuenta tanto al Ácido PoliLáctico (PLA) y el tereftalato de adipato de polibutileno (PBAT), que son biodegradables, como los convencionales (PE y PET).
El equipo comparó esos plásticos con materia orgánica natural del río Suwannee. Así, pudo ver cómo varía la cantidad y el tipo de compuestos que sueltan los microplásticos y si la luz acelera o cambia ese proceso.
Se preguntaron si los compuestos de los plásticos biodegradables se parecen más a los de origen natural o si también son diferentes.
El estudio también analizó el ritmo del proceso, es decir, cómo y cuándo cambian los compuestos que quedan en el agua después de estar en contacto con microplásticos y luz.
Para hacer los experimentos, los científicos pusieron tres gramos de cada microplástico en agua ultrapura y los sometieron a luz ultravioleta y a oscuridad.
Analizaron las muestras durante 96 horas usando tecnologías que permiten ver las moléculas en detalle.
La luz ultravioleta aceleró la liberación de compuestos desde los plásticos. El modelo matemático mostró que la liberación sigue un ritmo constante cuando hay luz UV.
Los plásticos biodegradables, como PLA y PBAT, soltaron más compuestos solubles bajo la luz. Esto sucede porque tienen una estructura menos estable.
Los plásticos aromáticos, como PET y PBAT, liberaron compuestos de forma más lenta y pareja.
Durante el proceso, cambiaron los tipos de moléculas en el agua. En PET, los compuestos oxidados pasaron a ser mayoría. En PLA, los taninos y compuestos oxidados subieron mucho.
Los resultados confirmaron que la materia orgánica de los plásticos tiene una composición distinta a la natural: más moléculas oxidadas, menor peso y más aditivos plásticos.
El análisis identificó monómeros, oligómeros y aditivos, lo que muestra que los microplásticos no solo sueltan fragmentos, también sustancias químicas añadidas durante su fabricación.
El hallazgo implica que la materia orgánica derivada de microplásticos puede cambiar la forma en que los nutrientes y contaminantes se mueven en el agua.
Algunos compuestos pueden servir de alimento para bacterias marinas, mientras otros podrían frenar su crecimiento o ayudar a formar nuevas sustancias químicas.
Tras analizar los resultados, los investigadores sugieren vigilar el impacto ambiental de estos compuestos en distintas etapas, ya que cambian con el tiempo y el tipo de plástico.
Además, sugieren que el uso de la inteligencia artificial puede ayudar a predecir esos cambios y sus efectos.
Si bien reconocieron que se deberían realizar más investigaciones en ambientes naturales, el doctor Guan, autor principal, resaltó: “Los microplásticos no solo contaminan los ambientes acuáticos como partículas visibles. También crean una pluma química invisible que cambia a medida que se degradan”.
Además, precisó que el estudio “muestra que la luz solar es el principal motor de este proceso y que las moléculas liberadas por los plásticos son muy diferentes de las producidas de forma natural en ríos y suelos”.
Esa presencia constante de los microplásticos y su materia orgánica asociada puede modificar los ciclos naturales y la vida en el agua. Las consecuencias recién empiezan a entenderse.
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An affordable housing nonprofit and group of nearby residents filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), asking the court to «preclude» the agency from deploying tear gas and chemical or smoke-related munitions that were affecting nearby homes in Oregon.
The suit comes amid months of clashes between DHS agents and anti-immigration-enforcement groups, including Antifa, outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility near Interstate 5, where illegal immigrants have been detained and processed.
The Gray’s Landing houses involved in the suit — which was brought by REACH Community Development and supported by the progressive groups Democracy Forward and Protect Democracy — lies kitty-corner to the ICE facility on the Willamette River.
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Federal agents clash with protesters outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, Oct. 4, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
In the filing, the plaintiffs called DHS’ actions «shocking» and asked the court to ban immigration enforcement agents from using chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS gas/»tear gas») and other crowd control tools «unless the use of such munitions is necessary to protect against an imminent and concrete threat to the lives of federal officers or other persons.»
The suit claims officers have deployed pepper balls, CS gas and the like «toward and around» the low-income housing complex «repeatedly when faced with no violence from protesters or imminent risk of harm.»
The nearby residents claimed to have suffered acute respiratory distress, ocular burning sensations and post-traumatic stress disorder episodes due to ICE’s forceful enforcement strategies.
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«The government causing poisonous gas and chemicals to enter plaintiffs’ bodies violates their right to bodily integrity, which the Supreme Court has long recognized as a component of the right to liberty,» the suit claimed.
REACH CEO Margaret Salazar said that as a residential community, Gray’s Landing houses families, senior citizens, veterans and handicapped people who are «repeatedly exposed to chemical agents.»
«Children are coughing indoors, seniors are struggling to breathe, and daily life has become a source of stress and fear.»
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An anti-ICE demonstrator wearing a keffiyeh is led away by authorities in handcuffs. (TPUSA Frontlines)
Democracy Forward leader Skye Perryman added that chemicals being used by the feds are also discouraging protesters from «using their voices.»
«Federal officers know that poison is flooding apartments where families live, where children sleep, and where seniors and veterans seek safety—and they keep using them anyway, fully aware of the severe harm they cause. There is no legal or moral justification for this use of force–it is a profound abuse of power and violates the U.S. Constitution. We are in court to stop it.»
Daniel Jacobson, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement the government is «poisoning» residents.
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President Donald Trump previously tried to deploy Oregon National Guard troops to quell springtime unrest in Portland, while Oregon sits among the top five states with the largest year-to-year increase in ICE arrests according to the Salem Reporter.
More than 660 people have been arrested by the feds there in 2025.
After Trump indicated during the summer that DHS would be asked to focus on certain problem areas of the country, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek remarked, «I don’t take kindly to the fact that the federal administration is picking on particular cities.»
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In November, Sen. Jeffrey Merkley, D-Ore., slammed the administration for «disturbing» raids he said are «terrorizing our communities» and allegedly detaining people «solely» based on race.
«Trump is using ICE to stoke fear and uncertainty in our communities, shredding our Constitution in the process,» Merkley claimed.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, another Oregon Democrat representing Tillamook and part of Portland, led a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem demanding information on the types of irritants and munitions being used against protesters.
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«More than a dozen advocates outside the facility have reported unprovoked attacks by Homeland Security police and FPS officers,» she claimed in the October missive, which was also signed by Merkley, Sen. Ron Wyden, and Rep. Maxine Dexter.
Fox News Digital reached out to the DHS for comment. While the agency did not directly respond for comment, Secretary Kristi Noem said in a recent statement that she will seek prosecution for all who doxx ICE agents.
«These criminals are taking the side of vicious cartels and human traffickers. We won’t allow it in America,» she said, as the agency appeared to defend its use-of-force tactics, citing the Portland facility being «under siege» for some time.
«Rioters have attacked law enforcement officials, destroyed federal property, and have posted death threats at the facility. Outside of the facility, graffiti on the sidewalk reads ‘Kill Your Masters’,» the agency said in a July statement.
«Across the country, federal law enforcement has come under attack. Gunmen opened fire on Border Patrol and ICE officers in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend on two separate occasions, seriously wounding two,» the statement added.
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