The Los Angeles Dodgers said they prevented the federal agents from entering their stadium on Thursday, as protests against immigration housing continue in the city.

In a position on social media, the baseball team said: “Ice agents came to Dodger Stadium and asked permission to access the parking lots”, and was subsequently turned away.

Los Angeles is one of the cities where agents for immigration and customs handcuff (ICE) have followed to find migrants who have not been documented.

Ice denied that his agents were in the stadium. The Department of Home Security (DHS), which oversees ICE and other agencies, said that other staff members are “very brief” at the stadium parking lot.

Dozens of federal agents arrived near one of the capital Stadium entrance on Thursday morning. According to local media reports, several protesters arrived shortly thereafter.

When the BBC was asked if their agents were on the scene, Ice replied, saying, “False. Ice was never there.”

In a The separate statement said the DHS that vehicles belonging to another agency that oversees the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) – in the stadium were “not related to any operation or enforcement” and that the presence of the agents “had nothing to do with the Dodgers”.

BBC Verify examined the images of the agents and concluded that some CBP badges seem to be wearing. They note that some agents do not wear badges or any identifying clothing.

It is unclear exactly why the officials were in the stadium. The Dodgers hosted a match against the San Diego Padres who continued as scheduled later Thursday.

The Dodgers are expected to announce that they will help immigrants affected by the city attacks, the US media report.

No details were disclosed, but it would be the team’s first official response to the ongoing attacks and protests against it. The team has a large Latino fan base, and according to a 2023 Major League Baseball study, about 30% of players in the league heritage.

One of them, Dodgers player Kiké Hernández, took to Instagram to express his criticism of the raids at Los Angeles, saying that he was “sad and upset by what was happening in our country and our city”.

“This is my second home. And I can’t see that our community is violated, profiled, abused and torn apart,” he said.

Recent tightened ICE activity in Los Angeles is part of President Donald Trump’s greater suppression of immigration.

The move elicited major protests, which Trump asked to send 700 US marines and 4,000 national guards to the Los Angeles area to support the federal response to the unrest.

The raids in America’s second largest city unfold against the backdrop of an aggressive push to increase arrest and deportation numbers.

ICE made more than 66,000 arrests in the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, According to Agency StatisticsBut on the campaign, Trump promised to deport millions of immigrants.

Meanwhile, White House border Tom Homan said Thursday that the Trump administration would resume immigration attacks on workplaces.

“The message is clear: We will continue to perform the maintenance operations of the workplaces, also on farms and in hotels, but on a prioritized basis. Criminals come first,” Homan told reporters.

The statement comes days after DHS announced that it has reversed the recent guidance that has asked for a break on farms, restaurants and hotels, which employ a large number of immigrant workers.