La Ceiba Restaurante y Pupuseria in Compton served up more than pupusas on Saturday as owner Elizabeth Mendoza and her staff offered compassion and aid to protesters and sheriff deputies alike.
Mendoza said although chaos ensued outside her restaurant, she knew she had to stay open.
On June 7, protests began in Paramount after it appeared that federal law enforcement officers were conducting another operation there. The Department of Homeland Security said there was not “an ICE ‘raid’ at a Home Depot in LA today,” but rather DHS was staging at an office in Paramount. Demonstrations spread to the nearby city of Compton…