Elizabeth Torres, 36, held a Mexican flag outside the detention center in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday morning. “I am a very proud American,” said Ms. Torres, whose grandparents immigrated ...

The Mexican flag has long been a mainstay at immigration-related demonstrations, particularly in LA, which has deep cultural and economic ties to Mexico and is seen as the capital of the Mexican ...

So, if waving a Confederate flag—a symbol of treason and racial subjugation—is considered “freedom of speech,” why should the Mexican flag be seen as a threat to American identity?

Even as Democrats vowed to resist ICE, some saw the photo of the Mexican flag-waving protester as undermining that resistance. “I swear this guy has to be a Republican plant,” Democratic ...

Why waving the Mexican flag at immigration rallies isn’t wrong Some of the thousands who marched in downtown Los Angeles to protest President Trump’s immigration policies.

A woman stands next to a man carrying a Mexican flag, at a protest against federal immigration sweeps in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on June 8 (Reuters) ...

The foremost image of the L.A. riots so far is a masked motorcyclist holding a Mexican flag as he does donuts around a burning car with smoke billowing in the air and police cars in the background.

The Mexican flag has long been a mainstay at immigration-related demonstrations, particularly in LA, which has deep cultural and economic ties to Mexico and is seen as the capital of the Mexican ...

Mexican leaders acknowledged in a news conference on Monday that 42 Mexicans — 37 men and five women — had been detained in the L.A. ICE raids on Friday. Four were deported, they said.

The current Mexican flag was officially adopted by the country in 1968, though variations have been used since Mexico’s war of independence from Spain in the early 1800s.