As the images, videos, testimonies, and news across the country centered around immigration roll in, Mexican American
Vanessa Bryant
put out a powerful statement on Thursday night.
The widow of Kobe Bryant and her three daughters live in Southern California where civil unrest and protests have ignited over ICE raids and deportations. Vanessa is from Los Angeles where almost half of the Los Angeles County population is Hispanic, and over the past six days and counting protesters have taken to the street to demonstrate both peacefully and not against President Trump’s immigration policies that have led to mass deportations.
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43-year-old Vanessa is not only just a diehard
Los Angeles Lakers
and
Los Angeles Dodgers
fan as she just posted
an adorable family photo from a game
, but she truly loves her city. When the wildfires broke out and ravaged Southern California in January,
Vanessa put out a tearjerking note
and then
worked on charitable donations to those in need
including handing out Kobe Nike sneakers through her Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation. The foundation even just opened a new basketball court in East Los Angeles for the community.
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