Edgardo Henriquez is part of a Dodgers team set to return to the White House on July 23, when the Los Angeles Dodgers will celebrate their 2025 World Series title with President Trump. The visit comes during an East Coast road trip after next week's All-Star break.
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said President Trump is excited to welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the White House. Rogers used the line in a statement to The Times: “President Trump is excited to welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers BACK to the White House to celebrate their World Series championship!”
Los Angeles Dodgers and the White House
The July 23 visit will be the third time this decade that the White House has hosted the Dodgers. The team made its first visit last spring, when Trump said, “That is a very good-looking group of people.”
Teams have been visiting the White House since President Andrew Johnson hosted two amateur baseball clubs in 1865. The Dodgers have treated the trip as part of that tradition, and some Dodgers officials said the visit was about respect for the country’s highest office, not politics.
ICE raids in Los Angeles
The trip also lands two months after mid-summer ICE raids changed life for thousands of people in Los Angeles. Some Dodgers fans were wearing Dodgers caps and jerseys when they were swept up and hauled away, a detail that gives the July visit a sharper edge for a fan base that includes many immigrants.
The Dodgers also announced and fulfilled a $1.1-million donation to community organizations to support families impacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That money does not answer the larger question around the visit, but it shows the team already moved once to address the fallout in Los Angeles County.
July 23 at the White House
For readers in Los Angeles, the immediate takeaway is simple: the Dodgers are still going, and the White House is still treating the club as a championship guest. The more pointed question is why the team is returning now, after mid-summer ICE raids affected many of its fans and after some Dodgers officials framed the first visit as tradition rather than politics.
July 23 is the date that settles the matter on the calendar. Until then, the trip remains a test of how the Dodgers balance a longstanding custom with a fan base that lived through the raids in Los Angeles.
