Hundreds of demonstrators came out to the Manhattan Beach Pier and the Strand on Sunday, Feb. 1, to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in an event hosted by the organization South Bay Takes a Stand.
The demonstrators voiced their anger at the Trump administration’s immigration policies and enforcement actions, joining nationwide protests over the weekend that were spurred by the recent shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
The marchers started at the Manhattan Beach Pier, then made their way to the Hermosa Beach Pier, and back.
South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration’s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon/SCNG)
South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration’s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon/SCNG)
South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration’s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon/SCNG)
South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration’s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon/SCNG)
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South Bay Takes a Strand organized a protest event that attracted a large crowd against the current administration’s immigration policies that took place beginning at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, February. 1, 2026. (Photo by Michael Hixon/SCNG)
Many of those demonstrating held signs, including those reading “LA Melts Ice,” “We Need Regime Change in the USA,” “Democracy Needs Your Courage,” “When Cruelty is Normalized Compassion is the Answer” and “Believe Your Eyes Not Their Lies.”
South Bay Takes a Stand is a “South Bay community effort in support of immigrant rights and democracy,” according to its Instagram page.