The singer and influential Vanessa Hernandez, known as “Niza”, posted a video showing an employee of the Los Angeles Dodgers team for the baseball asking her to perform the American national anthem in English, before the start of a match held last Saturday, at a time when the city was witnessing widespread protests against the policies of President Donald Trump against immigrants.
The American newspaper “Washington Post” said that Niza ignored the team’s instructions and performed the hymn in the Spanish language, before it justified this in solidarity with the victims of arrests and deportations, and appeared in a video wearing a shirt on which the Dominican Republic, which leads the American national anthem in the Spanish language before the launch of the Los Angeles Dodger match against San Francisco Gains.
@Babynezza Para Mi Gente ❤️ I stand with you
♬ Original Sound – Nezz
In a later clip, she made it clear that the Spanish version she performed was prepared at the request of the US State Department in 1945, during the era of President Franklin Roosevelt, and added that its performance came out of solidarity with those affected by immigration campaigns in Los Angeles.
“I never thought to be told no, especially here in Los Angeles, with everything that is going on around us. But at that moment, I felt deep in I had to do this for my popularity,” Niza said.
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♬ Original Sound – Nezz
On the other hand, the “Washington Post” said that the Los Angeles Dodgers club had not made any comment, and quoted the sports website “The Ethletic”, that Nisa had not been punished or prevented from entering the stadium.
As for the team player, Kikie Hernandez, he posted through his account on Instagram a message in which he expressed his dissatisfaction, saying, “Although I am not born in this city, Los Angeles adopted me as one of her sons. He hurts me what is happening in our country and our city. The Dodgers fans supported me and gave me his love. This is my second city, and I cannot silence the violation of our society, targeting it.”
The American journalist pointed out that the Angel City Football Club in turn distributed shirts to the fans who read “The Football Club for the City of Immigrants”, while the players and coaches wore our shirts with the phrase “Los Angeles belongs to all” in English and Spanish, and the club published a picture of the attack, Sydney Lero, wearing a shirt written on it “The mother’s love does not know a homeland, no legal case or a legal case.”
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– Angel City FC (@wearegelcity) June 15, 2025
In a statement issued during the same week, the club expressed its solidarity, and said, “We are sad about the fear and uncertainty that many live in our society. We believe in the strength of belonging, and we know that the diversity of the city is the source of its strength, thanks to those who live in it, love it and consider it home.”
The union of the American Women’s Football League and the women’s basketball league also issued a joint statement saying, “We stand by everyone who seeks safety, dignity and opportunity, regardless of his homeland. Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. We realize that every case is not simple, but sympathy and mercy should not be discussed.”
After the loss of “Angel City” 2-1, the team leader, Aley Riley, said, “This game that we love was born thanks to the immigrants. This club is a large part of my being, and it would not have been not for the immigrants.”
It is noteworthy that several American cities and states are witnessing a series of “La Kings” demonstrations that erupted starting from Saturday, June 14, in rejection of the military parade Which was held to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the army, and whose timing coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday, which was considered by Americans. An increasing behavior in authoritarianism.