Mary Cummins Investigative Reporter Los Angeles, California

Monday, February 17, 2025

National Day of Protest March to Los Angeles City Hall from Olvera Street by Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera Cummins

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National Day of Protest march on February 17, 2025 from La Placita Olvera Street to Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, California by Mary Cummins. The march and protest was a combination of many groups supporting immigrants' rights and speaking out against Donald Trump's recent deportation orders. Event began at 10:00/11:00 am with speeches at Olvera Street starting at 11:00 am. By 11:35 we were marching to City Hall. We arrived around 12:15, there were a couple more speeches and we stayed at City Hall until 1:30 pm. Then we marched back to Olvera Street. #nationaldayofprotest #olverastreet #march #protest #losangeles #california #marycummins #mariarivera #losangelescityhall #immigrantsrights #immigrants #deportations #iceraids #mexico #mexican

From the video. "I'm Mary Cummins, Maria Rivera Cummins. I was born in Los Angeles, California and am a US citizen. My family came from Mexico many years ago legally when the immigration system was very different. I'm here today to support immigrants' rights and speak out against the deportations by Donald Trump."

Rally, march, protest was organized by The Community Self-defense Coalition which is a collective of over 60 organizations. Below was posted on Union del Barrio Los Angeles Facebook page and Instagram @UniondelBarrio and @centrocso https://www.facebook.com/CentroCSO and Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. The main leader speaker was teacher Ron Gochez. Another speaker was @flowerinspanish Flor Itzel Martinez Zaragoza of Celebration Nation.

"Join us for a collectivized rally and march on February 17 at 10:00 AM PST, starting at Placita Olvera in downtown Los Angeles, CA (Yaanga)! The COMMUNITY SELF-DEFENSE COALITION has united over 60 organizations and is now calling on all to stand together against ICE and the ongoing threat of mass deportations. Let’s unite to protect our community from ICE kidnappings and repression!" https://www.facebook.com/udblosangeles and website https://uniondelbarrio.org/main/

#DefendOurCommunity #StopICE #CollectiveStrength#DefenderNuestraComunidad #StopICE #FuerzaColectiva

11 minute video of march and event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6dbMYERrHk

Below are some of the groups that make up The Community Self-defense Coalition.

Photos from event

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

What's Happening with Shein, Temu, Chinese Tariffs, USPS and End of $800 Duty Tax Exemptions by Mary Cummins

February 1, 2025 Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on China. February 3, 2025 Trump ended the use of USPS to ship products from China, Hong Kong to the US. February 4, 2025 Trump eliminated the $800 de minimis limit for duty taxes from China. Days later Trump reversed everything except the new 10% China tariff. What does this mean for US SHEIN and Temu shoppers? Things are basically back to the way they were for now.

February 5, 2025 USPS agreed to continue to accept packages from China and Hong Kong after a major disruption of trade and packages piling up at ports of entry. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-suspends-packages-china-hong-kong/

February 7, 2025 Trump restored the $800 de minimis limit after airports and customs ended up getting stuck with tons of packages because they couldn't calculate and process the taxes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/07/trump-reinstates-de-minimis-tariff-exemption-for-shipments-under-800-boosting-shein-and-temu/

Trump stated that the US will now merely investigate getting rid of the $800 de minimis limit and USPS issues. If the US gets rid of the de minimis limit, US consumers will have to pay import duty taxes on what they buy. The rate varies depending upon what is purchased. I saw people online complaining that they were paying about 15% tax and a processing fee from the agent who computes the tax. Shipments were also taking much longer because of the new agent and time to compute and process the tax payments. The computations are difficult as the rates vary depending upon product, materials and purchase price.

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Immigrants Rights Protest Los Angeles City Hall February 7, 2025 by Mary Cummins

I was at Olvera Street when I was helicopters over City Hall so I went over. People were protesting Donald Trump's immigration and deportation orders. A 17 year old young male was stabbed at Grand Park across from City Hall at 1:30 pm so LAPD declared it a crime scene. He was allegedly stabbed by another young person. I arrived at 1:44 pm as the fire struck, ambulance arrived, see last pics. LAPD then said it was an unlawful assembly I think so they ordered people to disperse. It appeared to mainly be high school students with some older organizers and others. Protesters voluntarily dispersed after instructed to leave by event organizers. I waved a flag with the woman standing opposite the crowd control officers. They were there because the person was stabbed about 30 feet to our right in Grand Park. #marycummins #immigrantrights #donaldtrump #deportations #usacitizen #mexico #mexican #deport #mariarivera Video from event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edt0908VDgw