Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents used riot gear as they clashed with protestors during a series of raids in Los Angeles where they ended up detaining more than 40 people.

The right to assemble and protest does not include a license to attack law enforcement officers, or to impede and obstruct our lawful immigration operations,” Dan Bongino wrote on X.

It was deployed to quell civil unrest after crowds protesting the deportation raids spray-painted anti-ICE slogan