With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continuing to fulfill their job, the liberal media cannot stand to hear the truth of why the arrests needed to be conducted, especially from Latino Trump supporters. On Friday’s segment of MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera Reports, Latino Trump supporters were maligned for standing with Trump’s policies regarding the arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants. Contributor Paola Ramos’ blamed “Trumpism magic” for those Latinos being “anti-immigrant.”
On Thursday, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles had Border Patrol agents standing outside the facility after they were not allowed in. This has opened the door for entertainment and sporting events to have the possibility of encountering ICE agents. To left-wing media, this was a great time to press into fearmongering illegal immigration as a tactic to stand against the Trump administration’s policies.
Ramos, the daughter of Spanish-language journalist activist Jorge Ramos, went on a spiraling tangent claiming:
I mean, look, I think the terror is real. No, I think that the fear is palpable. But I think that the most interesting part is the way that this is once again reawakening people...People that in the face of force and in the face of this sort of militarization, are doing something.
The host, Cabrera, then challenged Ramos with a reality check asserting, “But who are the people who are waking up?”
Cabrera proceeded to play clips of Latino Trump supporters on NBC who backed up Trump’s orders. The supporters made comments saying, “For the last four years, we’ve had millions of people that have crossed the border illegally,” and “It’s being handled with care. And for an order for something to be fixed, you got to, you know, clean up the mess.”
She pointed the question back to Ramos to see if people were “waking up” after watching the supporters. Ramos scrambled as she tried to find her words, essentially accusing those Latino Trump voters to be race traitors:
This is fascinating, Ana. Probably not with Latino Trump vote supporters...I believe that so long as the moral outrage does not outweigh this very real anti-immigration sentiment that a lot of Latinos hold, so long as that is not true, we will continue to be in the same situation we were in 2024, where it’s that is Trumpism’s magic, that is able of convincing a lot of Latinos that they are part of his movement and not like those other immigrants.
The reality was people who voted for Trump wanted arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants, even if they were Latino. “Trumpism’s magic” was not a tactic to sway people to be on his side. It was the truth of an insane problem that had gotten out of control in this country and was made worse due to the previous administration’s poor border policies.
When Cabrera asked Ramos if there would be “any breaking point” for the Latino Trump supporters to be against the arrests of illegal immigrants, Ramos mustered up to encourage Latinos to use the victim card:
And because I think this is where we fall into this trap of, oh, you know, to be a Latino and to be an immigrant means that we are also immune of anti-immigrant sentiment.
And the reality is that, I don’t know. I do think that perhaps the breaking point can be for those Cuban and Venezuelan Trump supporters that are seeing the images in the streets, that reminds them of the political trauma that they carry from Venezuela. That political trauma looks exactly like what we’re seeing, which is the militarization of communities in the face of people that simply want to protest that type of oppression.
That “political trauma” on display in Los Angeles was law and order, not the kind of jack-booted thuggery and corruption of the dictatorial and communist regimes many of them fled from.
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MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera Reports
6/20/25
11:15 a.m. EasternANA CABRERA: Welcome back. Just in the last hour, the White House announced Vice President J.D. Vance will head to Los Angeles today, a city that has become the epicenter of protests against the administration's sweeping immigration crackdown. Vance is expected to meet with Marines there and tour federal facilities. It comes just hours after an appeals court ruled that the president can maintain control of the California National Guard in the wake of those recent protests.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers say the federal agents, federal immigration agents specifically, were blocked from entering the ballpark grounds yesterday. But ICE denies it was even there.
Joining us from Los Angeles is NBC's Camila Bernal, and also with us, Paola Ramos, a journalist, author and MSNBC contributor. Camila, so what do we know about what happened outside Dodger Stadium yesterday and why the team and ICE are saying different things right now?
CAMILA BERNAL: Hey Ana. So, they're saying different things because it was actually Customs and Border Protection agents that were at Dodger Stadium. But still, these are federal agents. Still these are agents that detain migrants and still these are agents that eventually their actions lead to deportation. So, you see why it's so easy to make that mistake because the outcome at the end of the day is the same. So, it's not just the Dodgers, but really a lot of people that commonly make that mistake. Normally, Border Patrol agents are at the border. Clearly that is not the case anymore.
Here's what we know, Border Patrol agents had a number of operations here in Los Angeles yesterday. They went to at least two different Home Depots, one in Hollywood, the other one in San Fernando, and they detained a number of people. It's unclear exactly how many, but sources familiar with all of this telling NBC that these agents went to Dodger Stadium to process some of these migrants. They were not allowed into the stadium, so they processed the migrants right outside of the stadium.
You're seeing those images on your screen.
And as soon as immigration activists learned about this and knew that this was happening, they immediately went to Dodger Stadium to try to protest. And yes, they were screaming things like “ICE out of L.A.,” and “ICE go home.” And these were not ICE agents, they were Border Patrol agents. But again, the advocates here saying that the outcome is also the same. It's creating that fear of people going out to a Home Depot or street vendors, people who have been here for 20-plus years who are now getting detained.
And so, that is really what they were protesting yesterday. But it's also what started all of these protests two weeks ago today, it was agents going to a Home Depot and detaining people there. Now, in terms of what happened yesterday, LAPD escorted those agents out of there. Things did not escalate. But what you're left with is that fear, Ana.
CABRERA: Yep. Paola, we have seen ICE conducting operations in neighborhoods. And again, not just ICE, but other immigration officials, in neighborhoods, at work sites, now apparently baseball stadiums. What does this evolution tell you? What is it doing to immigrant communities? What are you hearing?
PAOLA RAMOS: I mean, look, I think the terror is real. No, I think that the fear is palpable. But I think that the most interesting part is the way that this is once again reawakening people.
And I think what you're seeing in LA, in the Dodger Stadium, to me, and from LA to New York City, what you're seeing is the beginning of what seems like a movement. No? People that in the face of force and in the face of this sort of militarization, are doing something. That something can look like denying ICE access, that something can look like ordinary Americans pulling up their phones and really filming these ICE raids. And that's something can look like a celebrity, like Bad Bunny that is suddenly going to social media, going publicly and publicly denouncing ICE raids.
And so I think that as you're seeing this terror and this fear, people are waking up now and I think no one is being deterred. And I think that says something about the moment.
CABRERA: But who are the people who are waking up? Because, Paola, NBC News sat down with a group of Latino Trump voters specifically and discussed the President's handling of the border and immigration issue. Here's some of what we heard.
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SUPPORTER 1: For the last four years, we’ve had millions and millions of people that have crossed the border illegally. [Transition] He’s got to take big steps, and that’s what he’s doing.
SUPPORTER 2: It’s being handled with care. And for an order for something to be fixed, you got to, you know, clean up the mess.
SUPPORER 3: If there are those politicians that don't like what he's doing, change the laws. I've not seen one person come up with any idea or any new legislation to change what is already on the books.
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CABRERA: Paola, again, these are Latinos who voted for Trump. So, is he changing any minds at this point?
RAMOS: This is fascinating, Ana. Probably not with Latino Trump vote supporters. And I think the question that is overshadowing everything is, is there a true realignment among Latino voters, right? Is what we saw in 2024, was that just an anomaly or is it something deeper? And I think the best way to start measuring that answer is right now, when we asked Latino Trump supporters if they feel something in the face of mass deportations.
I have talked to Cuban Americans in Miami that are outraged around the idea that he is suddenly taking away legal status of Venezuelans and Cubans. I have talked to Latino evangelical Trump supporters that are also outraged at this idea that suddenly churchgoers are too scared to go to church. In the Bronx, I talk to people that truly believe that farmworkers shouldn't be deported.
However, and this is where I am skeptical. I believe that so long as that moral outrage does not outweigh this very real anti-immigrant sentiment that a lot of Latinos hold. So long as that is not true, we will continue to be in the same situation that we were in 2024, where it's that that is Trumpism's magic, that it is able and capable of convincing a lot of Latinos that they are part of his movement and not like those other immigrants. And I think that is what we still have to see.
CABRERA: In this focus group, we did hear a lot of support for the concept of deporting individuals that have a criminal record. And I think that even beyond that focus group, there's a lot of support for that idea. But now that we're seeing in reality this crackdown is going much further than that, do you foresee any breaking point down the line, even with these Trump voters?
RAMOS: I have to be honest, I'm not sure. And I think it's okay to not know. And because I think this is where we fall into this trap of, oh, you know, to be a Latino and to be an immigrant means that we are also immune of anti-immigrant sentiment. And the reality is that, I don't know. I do think that perhaps the breaking point can be for those Cuban and Venezuelan Trump supporters that are seeing the images in the streets, that that reminds them of the political trauma that they carry from Venezuela.
That political trauma looks exactly like what we're seeing, which is the militarization of communities in the face of people that simply want to protest that type of oppression. That, to me, could be a breaking point.
CABRERA: Paola Ramos and Camila Bernal, ladies, great conversation. Thank you.