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L.A. City Controller: Immigration raid protests cost taxpayers over $30 million
KTLA ^ | June 21, 2025 | by: Will Conybeare

Posted on 06/21/2025 7:41:25 AM PDT by artichokegrower

The Los Angeles City Controller has released data showing that the recent protests over federal immigration raids have cost local taxpayers more than $30 million.

In a post to X on Friday, City Controller Kenneth Mejia said that, as of June 17, the cost related to the protests that have roiled the city — mostly downtown L.A. — is $32,042,107.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrathypocrisy; illegalscost100xmore; makedodgerspay4it
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All week all we heard was the media whining about the cost of the Army’s 250th anniversary parade.
1 posted on 06/21/2025 7:41:25 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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They encouraged it. They better not come crying for the rest of us to pay for it.


2 posted on 06/21/2025 7:43:47 AM PDT by bgill
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How could that be? The local media (I live here) kept telling us how peaceful it was, how respectful the proters were "exercising their First Amendment Rights" - whether legal or illegal.

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Looks peaceful to me!!

3 posted on 06/21/2025 7:51:13 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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LA taxpayers? Fine by me.


4 posted on 06/21/2025 7:52:55 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Well they are the morons financing the Mexican Funfests like the one in the picture below. All entertainment is very expensive these days. You want a Mexican colony in California, you’re going to have to pay for it.


5 posted on 06/21/2025 7:54:19 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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I wonder if the controller knows how much all the illegal sex trophies going to la unified school district have cost us


6 posted on 06/21/2025 7:56:17 AM PDT by datricker (Go Trump/Vance!)
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Tough Shi’ite. The mayor spends billions harboring illegals who are felons.


8 posted on 06/21/2025 8:01:31 AM PDT by Cobra64 (ECommon sense isn’t common anymore.)
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Too bad, L.A. Should have dealt with the riots at the start, quickly and effectively, and saved a lot of taxpayer money.


9 posted on 06/21/2025 8:06:12 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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It’s cheaper than supporting the leeches and dealing with the damage they do with criminal activity.


10 posted on 06/21/2025 8:06:57 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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“””How could that be? The local media (I live here) kept telling us how peaceful it was, how respectful the proters were “exercising their First Amendment Rights” - whether legal or illegal.””

They said the same thing here when they peacefully burned down Minneapolistan after Saint Floyd overdosed.


11 posted on 06/21/2025 8:11:14 AM PDT by shelterguy
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I think they released that report a bit early since the fearsome new and improved “No Kings 2.0” protest is on the way.


12 posted on 06/21/2025 8:15:55 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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A small mostly peaceful protest?

Send the bill to the Walmart lady who funded it.


13 posted on 06/21/2025 8:21:21 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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Why don’t local governments ever complain about providing food, shelter, medical care and for tolerating the crime of illegals? It’s always the cost of their removal that lights them up. Could it be that they’re considered their political base? Voters?


14 posted on 06/21/2025 8:29:03 AM PDT by Spok (Lies and stupidity require an explanation; the truth doesn’t.)
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LA County is looking at $2 billion in wildfire-related expenses and $4 billion child sexual abuse settlements...

On the latter...

https://lacounty.gov/2025/04/04/la-county-reaches-4-billion-tentative-settlement-in-thousands-of-sexual-abuse-cases/

Note to LA county...

Let’s talk about THAT.


15 posted on 06/21/2025 8:32:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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The left 100% owns this crap.


16 posted on 06/21/2025 8:41:39 AM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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A drop in the bucket when the overall cost of illegal immigrants is added up.


17 posted on 06/21/2025 8:51:55 AM PDT by moreisee (The Media is the enemy.)
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That’s the preliminary costs.

The cost of removing graffiti, repairing structures, and police claiming disabilities after the riots will be much higher.

Then add in private businesses having their buildings and stores trashed and looted.


18 posted on 06/21/2025 10:00:31 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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For Californians to pay. Not the rest of America. No way.


19 posted on 06/21/2025 10:15:57 AM PDT by Hattie
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Paid riots funded by liberal billionaires cost the city $30 million. As Soros to pay it off for you.


20 posted on 06/21/2025 10:24:44 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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