#immigration-raids

#immigration-raids

On Thursday, surveillance video obtained by The Times shows federal agents arriving in several vehicles across from the Home Depot and CARECEN Day Labor Center, and immediately running after people, including vendors and day laborers. As people scattered, federal agents can be seen deploying tear gas. A man who was apprehended and pinned to the ground by federal officials was punched in the face, according to a statement by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.

"Essayli told a subordinate to disregard the federal government's 'Justice Manual,' which directs prosecutors to only bring cases they can win at trial."

Jaime Alanis Garcia, of Mexico, fell from a rooftop and subsequently died of his injuries.

The transit agency estimated a ridership count of roughly 23.7 million last month on its bus and rail systems - a 13.5% drop from May and the lowest June on record since 2022, when numbers had started to rebound since the pandemic emergency.

Since the store was raided by federal immigration agents in June, he's been on high alert, fearing detainment and deportation.

Authorities arrested around 200 immigrants during immigration raids at two cannabis farms in California, with 10 children rescued from potential exploitation.

Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement, and recent ICE raids in sanctuary cities highlight this chilling reality.

The alarming pre-emptive memo authorizing national guard troops deployment at protests marks a troubling precedent for civil liberties and free speech in the US.