Nezza later shared a TikTok video where she is seen being told by a Dodgers staff member, “We are going to do the song in English today. I’m not sure if that wasn’t relayed.”

On Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, with 51,548 fans on their feet and television cameras trained on the field, Nezza stood behind home plate and sang the national anthem ... in Spanish.

With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.

Nezza published a video showing a Dodgers employee explicitly telling her not to perform the Spanish version of the anthem.

Colombian and Dominican R&B singer Nezza, born Vanessa Hernández, protested the mass deportation raids in Los Angeles on Saturday by singing the national anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium during the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers game after she was instructed not to.

I didn’t think I would be met with any sort of no, especially because we’re in LA and with everything happening.”

By late morning it was clear, June 6 was no ordinary Friday in LA. Federal agents arrested people in and around downtown Los Angeles. Some day laborers near a Home Depot in Westlake, others working in the Fashion District at Ambience apparel.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Portland ICE facility over the weekend, leading to a riot declaration, arrests, and damage to the building.

Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.