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Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Latino neighborhoods overwhelmingly targeted in immigration raids, rights group says
The neighborhoods targeted by federal agents for immigration raids were overwhelmingly Latino, according to data from a prominent immigrant rights group. A heat map produced by the the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights documents 471 immigration enforcement actions reported to its Los Angeles Rapid Response Network between June 6 and July 20 in L.A. County. "That's only those reports we were able to verify through our responders," said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, CHIRLA's director of communications. "It doesn't mean those are the only number of incidents in that area." Cabrera suspects CHIRLA caught one-third of the enforcement activity that took place across the county. During the same period of time, CHIRLA claims to have received 1,677 calls of enforcement activities across the region that it could not confirm, with 1,500 of these reports mentioning armed agents being present, and 389 reports mentioning witnessing random arrests of community members. Here are the areas with the highest number of enforcement actions reported to CHIRLA: San Fernando Valley (Panorama City): 22 actions Pico Rivera: 18 actions Silver Lake-Echo Park: 15 actions Bell Gardens: 14 actions Hollywood: 9 actions Vernon-South Los Angeles: 8 actions Pico-Union-Downtown Los Angeles: 8 actions Little Tokyo-Downtown Los Angeles: 7 actions Glassell Park: 7 actions South Gate: 7 actions Of the five zip codes with the highest immigration enforcement numbers, a combined 76% of the population was Latino, CHIRLA's analysis shows. Twenty-two enforcement actions were reported from Panorama City, the highest of every zip code analyzed. Its population is 42% Latino, and 38.2% immigrants. "The blatant racial profiling by the Trump Administration is clearly visible in this map," said Angelica Salas, executive director for CHIRLA, in a press release. "Areas where People of Color live and work, which also include major Latino hubs, were racially profiled and targeted. This military federal immigration enforcement operation was a surgical attack meant to provoke panic and confusion, and unleash terror in our neighborhoods." ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment from The Times. The agency has pushed back against racial profiling claims in the past. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin wrote in a statement that any such allegations are "disgusting and categorically FALSE." She also said, "These type of smears are designed to demonize and villainize our brave ICE law enforcement." The CHIRLA analysis is not a full accounting of the raids conducted in Los Angeles. DHS has not released the number of enforcement actions or the locations. It has reported that from the time the operations began in June to early July, ICE and Border Patrol arrested 2,792 illegal aliens in the L.A. area. "The map shows they didn't go to wealthy, white neighborhoods," said Cabrera. "They went where they could randomly pick up people of color." This report comes during widespread concern about racial profiling by the Trump administration in its immigration policies. Reporting from The Times shows L.A. residents, especially darker-skinned Latinos, have expressed fear about being targets for ICE agents, and even American citizens have been swept up in raids. CHIRLA was one of the groups who sued DHS on July 2, claiming its arrests and detentions in L.A. and the surrounding counties were unlawful and racially targeted. "The preponderance of individuals stopped and arrested in the raids have not been targeted in any meaningful sense of the word at all, except on the basis of their skin color and occupation," wrote the plaintiffs in their lawsuit. U.S District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ruled in their favor, writing that DHS and ICE may not use apparent race or ethnicity, speaking Spanish or a person's occupation to justify an arrest or detention. The Trump administration is attempting to have these restrictions lifted. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Washington Post
07-06-2025
- Washington Post
Immigration authorities carry out enforcement activity across Los Angeles amid crowds of protesters
LOS ANGELES — Federal immigration authorities carried out enforcement activities at several locations in Los Angeles on Friday, with some clashes breaking out as crowds gathered outside a warehouse and other locations across the city to protest the activity. Federal law enforcement officials were present at a Home Depot, an apartment complex, federal courts and in the fashion district, said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesman with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to discuss the details of its operations. The agency said it routinely makes arrests of noncitizens 'who commit crimes and other individuals who have violated our nation's immigration laws.' 'Our community is under attack and is being terrorized. These are workers, these are fathers, these are mothers, and this has to stop. Immigration enforcement that is terrorizing our families throughout this country and picking up our people that we love must stop now,' said Angelica Salas, executive director for CHIRLA. Salas said her organization has confirmed the detention of 45 people across seven locations. Cabrera said people calling a rapid response hotline reported dozens of arrests. KABC-TV reported crowds tried to hinder officers from leaving one location after their operation was over. Aerial footage broadcast by the station showed officers throwing smoke bombs or flash bangs on the street to disperse the people so they could drive away in SUVs, vans and military-style vehicles. The station showed one person running backward with their hands on the hood of a moving white SUV in an apparent attempt to block the vehicle. The person fell backward, landing flat on the ground. The SUV backed up, drove around the individual and sped off as others on the street threw objects at it. Other video showed people being handcuffed by federal authorities in a Home Depot parking lot. At one of the spots, immigrant-rights advocates used megaphones to speak to the workers inside a store, reminding them of their constitutional rights and instructing them not to sign anything or say anything to federal agents, the Los Angeles Times reported. The advocates also told the federal agents that lawyers wanted access to the workers, and sometimes yelled out specific names, the newspaper reported. Among the names immigration advocates called out was that of Marco Garcia, 37. Outside, his daughter, 18-year-old Katia Garcia, peered into the store as federal agents swept through the location. 'I'm in disbelief,' she told the Los Angeles Times. 'I can't believe this is happening.' Katia Garcia, a U.S. citizen, said she was notified about her father's situation by phone, left school and headed to the clothing store. She said her father is undocumented and has been in the U.S. for 20 years. 'We never thought this would happen to us,' she said. Mayor Karen Bass said the activity was meant to 'sow terror.' 'As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place. These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,' Bass said. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a written statement that his department was aware of the enforcement activities. 'I'm aware that these actions cause anxiety for many Angelenos, so I want to make it clear: the LAPD is not involved in civil immigration enforcement,' he said in a statement. Earlier this week, Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they ramp up arrests toward President Donald Trump's promises of mass deportations. 'I'm sorry if people are offended by them wearing masks, but I'm not going to let my officers and agents go out there and put their lives on the line, their family on the line because people don't like what immigration enforcement is,' he said at a news conference Monday in Boston to announce nearly 1,500 arrests in the region as part of a monthlong 'surge operation.' Eleven of the LA City Council's 15 members issued a statement accusing federal immigration agencies of 'an egregious escalation.' 'This indiscriminate targeting of children and families not only harms the individuals who are directly impacted, but destroys our communities' sense of trust and safety in their own homes,' the statement said. The council members said LA was built by immigrants and thrives because of immigrants. 'We will not abide by fear tactics to support extreme political agendas that aim to stoke fear and spread discord in our city,' the statement said. The statement was issued by Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Nithya Raman, Katy Yaroslavsky, Imelda Padilla, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martínez, Ysabel Jurado, and Tim McOsker. ___ Rodriguez reported from San Francisco and McAvoy from Honolulu. Associated Press writer Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California contributed.
CNN
06-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Immigration authorities carry out enforcement activity across Los Angeles amid crowds of protesters
Federal immigration authorities carried out enforcement activities at several locations in Los Angeles on Friday, with some clashes breaking out as crowds gathered outside a warehouse and other locations across the city to protest the activity. Federal law enforcement officials were present at a Home Depot, an apartment complex, federal courts and in the fashion district, said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesman with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to discuss the details of its operations. The agency said it routinely makes arrests of noncitizens 'who commit crimes and other individuals who have violated our nation's immigration laws.' 'Our community is under attack and is being terrorized. These are workers, these are fathers, these are mothers, and this has to stop. Immigration enforcement that is terrorizing our families throughout this country and picking up our people that we love must stop now,' said Angelica Salas, executive director for CHIRLA. Salas said her organization has confirmed the detention of 45 people across seven locations. Cabrera said people calling a rapid response hotline reported dozens of arrests. KABC-TV reported crowds tried to hinder officers from leaving one location after their operation was over. Aerial footage broadcast by the station showed officers throwing smoke bombs or flash bangs on the street to disperse the people so they could drive away in SUVs, vans and military-style vehicles. The station showed one person running backward with their hands on the hood of a moving white SUV in an apparent attempt to block the vehicle. The person fell backward, landing flat on the ground. The SUV backed up, drove around the individual and sped off as others on the street threw objects at it. Other video showed people being handcuffed by federal authorities in a Home Depot parking lot. At one of the spots, immigrant-rights advocates used megaphones to speak to the workers inside a store, reminding them of their constitutional rights and instructing them not to sign anything or say anything to federal agents, the Los Angeles Times reported. The advocates also told the federal agents that lawyers wanted access to the workers, and sometimes yelled out specific names, the newspaper reported. Among the names immigration advocates called out was that of Marco Garcia, 37. Outside, his daughter, 18-year-old Katia Garcia, peered into the store as federal agents swept through the location. 'I'm in disbelief,' she told the Los Angeles Times. 'I can't believe this is happening.' Katia Garcia, a US citizen, said she was notified about her father's situation by phone, left school and headed to the clothing store. She said her father is undocumented and has been in the US for 20 years. 'We never thought this would happen to us,' she said. Mayor Karen Bass said the activity was meant to 'sow terror.' 'As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place. These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,' Bass said in a statement. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a written statement that his department was aware of the enforcement activities. 'I'm aware that these actions cause anxiety for many Angelenos, so I want to make it clear: the LAPD is not involved in civil immigration enforcement,' he said in a statement. Earlier this week, Todd Lyons, the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they ramp up arrests toward President Donald Trump's promises of mass deportations. 'I'm sorry if people are offended by them wearing masks, but I'm not going to let my officers and agents go out there and put their lives on the line, their family on the line because people don't like what immigration enforcement is,' he said at a news conference Monday in Boston to announce nearly 1,500 arrests in the region as part of a monthlong 'surge operation.' Eleven of the LA City Council's 15 members issued a statement accusing federal immigration agencies of 'an egregious escalation.' 'This indiscriminate targeting of children and families not only harms the individuals who are directly impacted, but destroys our communities' sense of trust and safety in their own homes,' the statement said. The council members said LA was built by immigrants and thrives because of immigrants. 'We will not abide by fear tactics to support extreme political agendas that aim to stoke fear and spread discord in our city,' the statement said. The statement was issued by Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Adrin Nazarian, Bob Blumenfield, Nithya Raman, Katy Yaroslavsky, Imelda Padilla, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Heather Hutt, Hugo Soto-Martínez, Ysabel Jurado, and Tim McOsker.
The Independent
06-06-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Immigration authorities carry out enforcement activity across Los Angeles amid crowds of protesters
Federal immigration authorities carried out enforcement activities at several locations in Los Angeles on Friday, with some clashes breaking out as crowds gathered outside a warehouse and other locations across the city to protest the activity. Federal law enforcement officials were present at a Home Depot, an apartment complex, federal courts and in the fashion district, said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesman with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to discuss the details of its operations. The agency said it routinely makes arrests of noncitizens 'who commit crimes and other individuals who have violated our nation's immigration laws.' Cabrera said people calling a rapid response hotline reported dozens of arrests. KABC-TV reported crowds tried to hinder officers from leaving one location after their operation was over. Aerial footage broadcast by the station showed officers throwing smoke bombs or flash bangs on the street to disperse the people so they could drive away in SUVs, vans and military-style vehicles. The station showed one person running backward with their hands on the hood of a moving white SUV in an apparent attempt to block the vehicle. The person fell backward, landing flat on the ground. The SUV backed up, drove around the individual and sped off as others on the street threw objects at it. Other video showed people being handcuffed by federal authorities in a Home Depot parking lot. Mayor Karen Bass said the activity was meant to 'sow terror.' 'As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place. These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,' Bass said. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a written statement that his department was aware of the enforcement activities. 'I'm aware that these actions cause anxiety for many Angelenos, so I want to make it clear: the LAPD is not involved in civil immigration enforcement,' he said in a statement.
Associated Press
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Immigration authorities carry out enforcement activity across Los Angeles amid crowds of protesters
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal immigration authorities carried out enforcement activities at several locations in Los Angeles on Friday, with some clashes breaking out as crowds gathered outside a warehouse and other locations across the city to protest the activity. Federal law enforcement officials were present at a Home Depot, an apartment complex, federal courts and in the fashion district, said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesman with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, or CHIRLA. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to discuss the details of its operations. The agency said it routinely makes arrests of noncitizens 'who commit crimes and other individuals who have violated our nation's immigration laws.' Cabrera said people calling a rapid response hotline reported dozens of arrests. KABC-TV reported crowds tried to hinder officers from leaving one location after their operation was over. Aerial footage broadcast by the station showed officers throwing smoke bombs or flash bangs on the street to disperse the people so they could drive away in SUVs, vans and military-style vehicles. The station showed one person running backward with their hands on the hood of a moving white SUV in an apparent attempt to block the vehicle. The person fell backward, landing flat on the ground. The SUV backed up, drove around the individual and sped off as others on the street threw objects at it. Other video showed people being handcuffed by federal authorities in a Home Depot parking lot. Mayor Karen Bass said the activity was meant to 'sow terror.' 'As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place. These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,' Bass said. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a written statement that his department was aware of the enforcement activities. 'I'm aware that these actions cause anxiety for many Angelenos, so I want to make it clear: the LAPD is not involved in civil immigration enforcement,' he said in a statement.
