Activists challenging the Trump administration say aggressive tactics endanger bystanders and those being chased by federal immigration agents.

Roberto Carlos Montoya ran from a Home Depot in Monrovia, about 20 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began the operation Thursday morning, Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik said in a statement.

Mayor Bass said the timing of a raid no coincidence after federal agents arrested immigrants outside Gov. Newsom's congressional redistricting event in Little Tokyo.

A group of teachers, in collaboration with the community organization Union del Barrio, is launching "teacher patrols" to protect students from potential ICE raids.

Carlos Roberto Montoya was pronounced dead at the hospital. Dozens of people gathered for a vigil on Friday at the Home Depot where the raid happened.

The immigration worksite raids in June and the smaller number of street-level stops in the following weeks have not brought Los Angeles to a standstill. But it is a city diminished.

A recent field trip to the City of Riverside hosted by a Coachella Valley legal center took a different tone this year. Kids from across the county visited the city to learn about civic engagement amid a backdrop of immigration enforcement that has been affecting their communities.