Kristi Noem ENDS ‘Quiet Skies' Surveillance Program, Reaps PRAISE From Rand Paul, Gabbard
Robby Soave and Lindsey Granger discuss DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's move to end the, "Quiet in The Skies," program.
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LAUSD superintendent says schools remain safe place after increase in immigration operations
After several days of immigration enforcement operations across different parts of Los Angeles, LA Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho emphasized that his office is working to keep all schools and students safe. At a news conference Monday morning, Carvalho said that as graduation season is underway, he stated there will be an increased presence of LAUSD police at school events. He said families should not be missing the opportunity to celebrate their children's success out of fear that federal agents will be present at graduations. "I have directed our own police force to redouble their efforts and establish perimeters of safety around graduation sites and to intervene and interfere with any federal agency that may want to take action during these joyous times that we call graduation," Carvalho said. On Sunday afternoon, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X that people who "lay a hand" on law enforcement officers will be prosecuted. The superintendent's comments come days after federal agents executed search warrants are multiple locations, including the Westlake District, downtown and South LA. ICE confirmed to CBS News that dozens of unauthorized immigrants were arrested during those operations. Over the weekend, hundreds of National Guard soldiers arrived in Los Angeles after being deployed by President Trump following encounters between law enforcement officers and protesters that turned violent. SkyCal flew over protests where troops could be seen firing, what appeared to be tear gas and non-lethal rounds into crowds. Public buses, patrol vehicles and businesses were vandalized during the weekend events. Carvalho said, regardless of what is taking place in LA, all LAUSD schools remain safe places for students and parents. He said the staff have been trained on how to respond if federal agents show up on school property trying to gain access. He also addressed two recent incidents where federal vans were reported within a few blocks of two LAUSD campuses. He explained that although agents did not attempt to enter school property and the district is interpreting those actions as acts of intimidation. "Our schools are places of education and inspiration, not fear and intimidation," he said. Carvalho told reporters that as the school year concludes and the LAUSD moves its summer school session on June 17, the same protections will be offered. He said the district will increase the number of locations offering summer school opportunities, it will increase transportation options for parents and continue to offer mental health resources to the entire school community. Carvalho said the LAUSD is not only receiving support from other local entities, but he has had conversations with Mayor Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom, communicating the district's needs. In April, agents from the Department of Homeland Security were denied entry into two LAUSD elementary schools in South LA. Agents arrived at Lillian Elementary School and Russell Elementary School and told school administrators they were conducting "wellness checks" on children who arrived at the Mexico-U.S. border alone. "These HSI officers were at these schools conducting wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border," a DHS spokesperson said. "This had nothing to do with immigration enforcement. DHS is leading efforts to conduct welfare checks on these children to ensure that they are safe and not being exploited, abused, and sex trafficked."
Fox News
an hour ago
- Fox News
Border czar Tom Homan says media ignoring of facts about ICE raids fueled LA riots
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Monday the media is partly to blame for the anti-ICE riots that caused chaos in downtown Los Angeles over the weekend. During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Homan slammed the media for not reporting the real reasons that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement were conducting investigations in the Fashion District of L.A. He said the law enforcement agency was executing warrants on specific criminal activity and noted that the news ignored that, choosing to characterize the actions as wide-ranging immigration raids that were "separating families." "The facts never got out. Even though we put the facts out, the media didn't cover it. They just said 'immigration raids,' and we're separating families and all the negative information we hear all the time," Homan told "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire. ICE agents carried out operations at businesses across Los Angeles on Friday, which sparked protests and clashes outside multiple locations. The next three days saw unrest and confrontations between anti-ICE rioters and law enforcement, while the Department of Homeland Security urged California state leaders to "call off their rioting mob." A DHS statement put out Saturday read, "Last night, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property. It took the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) 2 hours to respond." In response to the escalating chaos, President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. The troops began arriving on Sunday morning. Homan told Lemire on Monday that the media and liberals ignored the reasons that ICE was in Los Angeles in the first place. "The Fashion District wasn't an immigration raid. It was the service of three criminal warrants at locations based on a large criminal conspiracy that ICE is investigating, that has to do with money laundering, tax evasion and customs fraud – where a company under-declared over $80 million in goods, failed to pay $17 million in fees," he said. Homan added, "And it's part of an overall conspiracy on numerous businesses that they believe that some of this money is being laundered in Mexico and Colombia… So, this was a criminal investigation that they are responding to." ICE agents captured the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal aliens in Los Angeles during operations on Friday, including murderers, sex offenders and other violent criminals, the agency said on Sunday. After Homan accused the media of ignoring those details, he doubled down on how necessary the Los Angeles raids were in getting dangerous criminals off the streets. "We took a lot of bad people off the street last couple of days – a Vietnamese national that attended a graduation party, was kicked out and came back and killed two young people, two young Americans," he said. "We arrested a child predator. We arrested someone for sexual misconduct, someone arrested for convicted of armed robbery. We arrested numerous gang members." "What ICE did the last couple of days is make Los Angeles safer by taking public safety threats off the street," Homan added.
Yahoo
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- Yahoo
Democratic lawmakers denied entry to detention centers in LA and New York
Democratic members of Congress from California and New York say that they were blocked from entering federal detention facilities over the weekend while seeking to inspect conditions and check on individuals detained during immigration raids and related protests. In Los Angeles, the US House members Maxine Waters, Jimmy Gomez and Norma Torres each said that they were denied entry to the Metropolitan federal detention center, outside of which there had been anti-immigration customs enforcement (Ice) protests. Gomez and Torres attempted to visit the facility on Saturday, saying they sought to investigate 'Ice's inhumane detention of immigrant families'. In a video posted outside the building after they were turned away, Gomez said that their positions in Congress gave them the right to conduct oversight of the detention conditions and the welfare of the people detained. Gomez also claimed that officers outside the federal building sprayed an irritant in the air to 'push us back' and 'get us to leave' – and said that most of the people around them were attorneys, members of Congress, journalists and organizers. 'This is really to prevent us from doing our jobs' Gomez said, and Torres called it 'unconscionable'. In the video outside the detention center, Gomez said there were 'only about 20' protesters outside the building. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement to the Guardian that 'at the time lawmakers tried to enter the federal building, more than 1,000 rioters had surrounded the building'. The spokesperson said, in part, that 'the lawmakers were turned away in the interest of their safety and the safety of our law enforcement'. On Sunday, Waters also attempted to enter the federal facility, saying that she wanted to check on David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union California, who was detained while observing the immigration raids on Friday. A video captured by CNN shows Waters being denied entry as the door was shut in her face. Elsewhere in California, Congress members Gilbert R Cisneros Jr, Judy Chu and Derek Tran reported being blocked from entering Adelanto Ice processing center on Sunday. Cisneros said that they were attempting to 'conduct congressional oversight at the Adelanto Ice facility' but that 'they locked the gate, ignored our calls, and denied us entry'. 'I will continue to press for answers as our community is under attack,' he added. In New York, Congress members Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez said that they were denied access to a Manhattan detention facility, where they had sought to perform a drop-in check to investigate the conditions. 'We are very concerned about what is happening in this building,' Espaillat said after being denied entry. 'We will continue to come back until we are allowed to have access.' The DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to the Guardian that the New York lawmakers 'showed up unannounced and demanded entry while law enforcement operations were being conducted'. 'They were told by Ice that they would be happy to give them a tour with a little more notice, when it would not disrupt ongoing law enforcement activities and sensitive law enforcement items could be put away,' she added. 'We will always prioritize the safety of our officers and operations.'
