According to a report on the US “New York Times” website on June 8, during the Los Angeles protests, the Mexican flag has become “a strong symbol of protest.” The report said that Elizabeth Torres, 36, was holding a Mexican flag outside a detention center in downtown Los Angeles on the morning of the 8th. Torres' grandparents immigrated to the US. “I'm proud to be an American, but I must also support our Mexican brothers and sisters,” she said. Throughout the weekend's protests, the flags of Mexico and other Latin American countries became the symbol of the protest, which angered officials and supporters of the Trump administration. Trump administration officials called those waving their country's flag “rebels” and seemed to think they were not US citizens.

According to a report on the US “New York Times” website on June 8, during the Los Angeles protests, the Mexican flag has become “a strong symbol of protest.” The report said that Elizabeth Torres, 36, was holding a Mexican flag outside a detention center in downtown Los Angeles on the morning of the 8th. Torres' grandparents immigrated to the US. “I'm proud to be an American, but I must also support our Mexican brothers and sisters,” she said. Throughout the weekend's protests, the flags of Mexico and other Latin American countries became the symbol of the protest, which angered officials and supporters of the Trump administration. Trump administration officials called those waving their country's flag “rebels” and seemed to think they were not US citizens.