Jorge Ramos returns to journalism after protests in Los Angeles: "As a journalist, and as an immigrant, I can't stay home."

Six months after leaving Univision News , where he worked for four decades, Mexican journalist Jorge Ramos announced that he has joined the new trend of independent journalism, driven by protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids and the threat of repression by the Donald Trump administration.

"What is happening in Los Angeles is very serious . The government has sent the National Guard against protests against immigration raids. We must stand against violence. But, at the same time, we must recognize that many immigrants feel betrayed and persecuted in the United States," Ramos wrote in the Instagram message announcing his return and in relation to the events that occurred in the largest city in the Western United States.

"As a journalist and as an immigrant, I can't stay home. I'll come back to be with you," he said.

With a few exceptions, such as conferences and special events, Ramos had largely stayed away from his professional duties. However, the growing resistance against the Trump administration's anti-immigrant measures seems to have convinced him to return to his work, this time as his own media outlet.

In fact, it's a growing trend. Journalists who became famous on television and were laid off for various reasons have taken the same path. In the English-speaking world, former CNN staffers Don Lemon, Jim Acosta, and Joy Reid stand out.

In Spanish, former CNN en Español journalists Patricia Janiot, Alejandra Oraá , and María Alejandra Requena also have their own individual social media outlets. Former Univision anchor León Krauze has also embarked on an independent career, although less intensively on social media.

Although he has been continuously reporting for months or even years, there is no doubt that Jorge Ramos is the most prestigious and the first, with the exception of Lemon, to have taken to covering the events in person.

"See you from Los Angeles: I'll be accompanying you and telling your stories with complete independence," he said.

The welcome he received was spectacular, with nearly 100,000 likes in less than 12 hours from other journalists, artists, and the general public. Among them, prominent journalists still working at Univision, such as Karina Banda, Borja Voces, and Lourdes del Río, applauded and thanked him.