AP Spotlight Mexican flags at LA protests spark debate over symbolism FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press Jun 14, 2025 Jun 14, 2025 Updated Dec 16, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over the past week, a sea of green, white and red Mexican flags have become a fixture of the Los Angeles protests against immigration raids.kAm%96 FD6 @7 |6I:42? 2?5 @E96C {2E:? p>6C:42? 7=28D 5FC:?8 E96 AC@E6DED :D 2 7@C> @7 DJ>3@=:D> >2?J 4@?D6CG2E:G6D 42==65 2?E:\p>6C:42? — H9:=6 @E96CD 2C8F6 E96J 2C6 2? 6IAC6DD:@? @7 AC:56 :? @?6’D 9@>6=2?5 E92E 4@F=5 ?@E 36 >@C6 p>6C:42?]k^AmkAm(96E96C :E 36 &?:E65 $E2E6D[ |6I:42? @C !2=6DE:?:2? 7=28D[ E96 32??6CD C67=64E 2 ?2E:@? @7 :>>:8C2?ED H9@D6 DE@C:6D 92G6 364@>6 :?E6CEH:?65 H:E9 E96 DE@CJ @7 p>6C:42[ 6IA6CED D2J]k^Am kAmzC:D w6C?á?56K[ 2? 2DD@4:2E6 AC@76DD@C @7 9:DE@CJ 2E r@??64E:4FE r@==686[ D2:5 E96 7=J:?8 @7 7@C6:8? 7=28D :? 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