ICE Hits Back at LA Dodgers After ‘False’ Claim Agents Were Denied Entry to Stadium and Insists They Were ‘Never There’

THE LA Dodgers have come under fire from Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the team claimed they denied agents access to their grounds on Thursday.

ICE hit back, saying the claim was “false” and they “were never there.”

Homeland Security also insisted that the agents seen at the Dodger Stadium on Thursday had “nothing to do with the Dodgers” and said they were from Customs and Border Patrol.

“CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement,” the agency added in a post.

Department of Homeland Security vehicles were seen parked outside the stadium gates in Elysian Park on Thursday morning.

The Los Angeles Dodgers claimed they denied the agents’ access to the stadium when they arrived at the venue’s parking lots.

“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots,” the Dodgers said in a statement on social media.

“They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization.”

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Dozens of federal agents were seen wearing face masks and tactical gear as they staged outside the Gate E entrance.

Protesters with signs swarmed the area near the stadium and chanted, “ICE out of LA!” after social media posts circulated calling demonstrators to rally against the staging.

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ICE raids have swept southern California in recent weeks, sparking thousands to rally in anti-ICE and anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles.

The Dodgers have been under pressure to break their weeks-long silence about the unrest in their city.

Los Angeles residents have called for the MLB team to show their support for their immigrant fans during Donald Trump’s crackdown.

The team was expected to announce their plans to aid immigrant communities in Los Angeles on Thursday before the agents showed up, a team spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times.

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Local officials alerted the Los Angeles Police Department of the agents outside the stadium on Thursday morning, according to ABC affiliate KABC.

LAPD notified the Dodgers organization, which reportedly told the ICE agents to leave the property.

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