A protester holds up a Mexican flag while standing in front of smoke billowing from burning cars on June 8, 2025 in Downtown Los Angeles, California.© Jim Vondruska/Getty Images ...

Protesters have embraced the flag to reassert Mexican American identity, while some conservatives have used protest images featuring the Mexican flag to frame the demonstration with anti-American ...

Anyone looking at images of the Los Angeles immigration protests has almost certainly seen the Mexican flag flying somewhere in the frame. Demonstrators have hoisted the red, white and green banner ...

The Mexican flag has long been a mainstay at immigration-related demonstrations, particularly in LA, which has deep cultural and economic ties to Mexico and is seen as the capital of the Mexican ...

On Sunday morning, Elizabeth Torres, 36, stood outside a detention center in downtown Los Angeles and protested Trump’s actions. She, too, had the green, white and red flag with her.

The Mexican flag is American Yes, the Mexican flag is as American as tacos, salsa and guacamole. New York displays Italian flags to honor a community that helped build that city.

Protesters have embraced the flag to reassert Mexican American identity, while some conservatives have used protest images featuring the Mexican flag to frame the demonstration with anti-American ...

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s green, white and red flag has become a defining symbol of the protests in Los Angeles. Demonstrators have waved flags from Mexico and other Latin American ...

A long-time magnet for controversy. The current Mexican flag was officially adopted by the country in 1968, though variations have been used since Mexico’s war of independence from Spain in the ...

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s green, white and red flag has become a defining symbol of the protests in Los Angeles.Demonstrators have waved ...

The Mexican flag was a lightning rod during the 1994 movement against California’s Proposition 187, which sought to bar undocumented immigrants from accessing education, health care and social ...