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Finneas O’Connell has revealed that he was tear-gassed while attending a recent protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department’s raids.

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The protests, which took place over the weekend, saw people campaigning against ICE's raids of numerous workplaces in LA while searching for alleged immigration violations. On Friday, over 40 people were arrested in a raid, with LA Mayor Karen Bass telling reporters, “ICE initiated enforcement actions on several workplaces. That created a sense of chaos, outrage, fear, and terror because people are very worried as to what happened to their families.”

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President Donald Trump then deployed 2,000 National Guard soldiers to LA to put an end to the protests, which led to numerous attendees being tear-gassed.

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Finneas, who is the elder brother of singer Billie Eilish, wrote on his Instagram stories: “Tear gassed almost immediately at the very peaceful protest downtown- they’re inciting this.”

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Finneas went on to share a series of posts condemning the ICE raids — and he certainly isn’t the only celebrity to do so.

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Hilary Duff reposted a message from writer, podcaster, and content creator Whitney Alese, which read, “Masked men abducting people off the street, from their jobs, from their cars, from graduations is not ok. Forcing toddlers & young children to represent themselves in court is not ok. Snatching people when their lawyers are in the bathroom is not ok. Having children come home to an empty house bc their guardians were snatched up is not ok. Arresting law abiding folks at their immigration hearing is not ok. Don’t normalize this. Don’t look away. Don’t stay silent.”

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Reneé Rapp wrote on her Instagram story, “fuck ICE fuck this administration fuck all of yall who are complicit in ensuring that this happened this is a fucking disgrace.”

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Meanwhile, celebrities like Florence Pugh, Chrissy Teigen, Eva Longoria, and Gracie Abrams reshared a series of posts fiercely condemning the ICE raids.

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Good on those who are speaking out. We’ll keep you posted as more unfolds.

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