Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and officials from more than a dozen other cities in L.A. County banded together on Wednesday, June 11, offering a unified message to President Donald Trump and his administration: End the immigration raids and stop sowing unnecessary fear in our communities.

Flanked by more than two dozen local lawmakers from across the Southland, Mayor Karen Bass decried the continuing immigration raids in the region and military escalation from the federal government.

It feels like we’re participating involuntarily in a stunt to see what happens when the federal government steps in, how far can they go usurping state power or local power, and as a warning to other cities around the country.