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 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.”

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.

Dozens of protests and rallies opposing ICE raids and government immigration policies were held across the country on Monday, with more planned for the rest of the week, after a weekend of protests an

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

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.

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

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

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.