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The Los Angeles Dodgers will visit the White House once again after winning their second consecutive World Series title.
The Dodgers became the first team to win back-to-back Fall Classics since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000 after completing a Game 7 comeback against the Toronto Blue Jays in 11 innings.
The team made a trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in April during a series against the Washington Nationals, and if that’s the plan again, the Dodgers would return sometime between April 3-5 of next year.
But an immigrant rights group is begging the team not to go.
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, United States President Donald Trump, and Los Angeles Dodgers owner and president Mark Walter pose with a jersey presented to Trump as he hosts the 2024 World Series champions in the East Room of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“The Los Angeles Dodgers have always been more than a baseball team – they are part of the spirit of who we are as a city. The team represents our neighborhoods, our families and our shared love for our diverse communities. But right now, our community, our city is under siege, we need your support., on the right side of history,” the National Day Labor Organization Network (NDLON) wrote in an online petition.
“Ask the team to honor the unity, integrity and diversity that they represent. They cannot remain silent while our families and neighbors face violence, detention and deportation. By visiting a president who has used his power to harm the most vulnerable, the team would be turning its back on the very people who fill the stadiums, wear the jerseys and give their hearts to this team. By encouraging the team to do the right thing, we will show the White House that Los Angeles represents compassion, dignity and solidarity with their immigrant neighbors.
“Los Angeles is a city built by immigrants, working families and dreamers. We celebrate our champions, but we also stand for justice, dignity and love for our community. Dodgers, stay with us. Support the city that has always supported you,” they said in an Instagram post, via ABC7 in Los Angeles.
Hard Throw Reliever Brusdar Graterolalong with a few others, they missed the celebration earlier this year. Graterol chose to stay in “my brown house.”
Outfielder Mookie Betts decided to go this year after opting out of his trip with the Boston Red Sox in 2019.
Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani speaks with President Donald Trump during a ceremony celebrating Major League Baseball’s 2024 World Series champion team in the East Room of the White House on Monday, April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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“This isn’t about me; I don’t want anything to be about me. It’s about the Dodgers. Because these guys were there for me,” Betts said. via Los Angeles Times.
Betts said he regretted not making the trip in 2019, which manager Alex Cora and pitcher David Price also skipped, saying he felt it was a distraction. Cora recently admitted that he had run away when meeting with Trump because he wanted to prioritize his home country, Puerto Rico. When the Red Sox visited the White House in May 2019, Puerto Rico was still recovering from the destruction of Hurricane Maria in 2017 and Cora was dissatisfied with the federal government’s response.
In March, an LA Times writer pleaded with the Dodgers to tell the White House, “Thanks, but no thanks,” regarding this year’s visit.
“The president lost Los Angeles County by 33 percentage points. In his disputes with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Trump has threatened to withhold fire disaster funding without concessions. He never seems to miss an opportunity to take a swing at the Golden State,” the article said, noting stakeholders’ Magic Johnson and Billie Jean King’s criticism of Trump in the past.
In June, the Dodgers said they had denied ICE agents entry to their stadium grounds, but ICE said that was “untrue” since they “were never there.” The team said agents had “requested permission to access the parking lots,” but an ICE spokesperson said in an email to Pak Gazette Digital at the time that “ICE was never in Dodger Stadiumand therefore never attempted to gain access.” In a statement of its own after the ICE denial, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that “CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly” and that it “had nothing to do with the Dodgers.”
Earlier that month, local singer Nessa performed the national anthem in Spanish as a form of protest against ICE raids in the city. Outfielder Kike Hernández, a Game 6 hero, posted on social media about the protests at the time.
Dozens of people protest in front of Dodger Stadium, criticizing the Los Angeles Dodgers for their lack of support for immigrants and their cooperation with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Los Angeles, United States, on June 21, 2025. (Katie McTiernan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“I may not have been born or raised, but this city adopted me as one of its own,” Hernandez wrote on Instagram. “I am saddened and angered by what is happening in our country and our city. Los Angeles and Dodgers fans have welcomed me, supported me and shown me nothing but kindness and love. This is my second home. And I cannot stand to see our community violated, profiled, abused and torn apart.
“ALL people deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and human rights. #ImmigrantCity.”
The Dodgers visited former President Joe Biden in July 2021 to celebrate their 2020 World Series title.
