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Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem attends ICE raid at home of pregnant L.A. County mother
A pregnant Huntington Park mother of four was shocked to see around a half-dozen vehicles carrying heavily armed, masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside her home Thursday morning and even more concerned when she spotted Department of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem along for the raid. Sabrina Medina said she was in the shower at around 6 a.m. when her brother-in-law first saw the menacing presence in front of the family's home. 'I was just terrified, I'm not going to lie to you,' Medina told KTLA's Rick Chambers. 'I was shaking. I was scared. I've never gone through anything like this.' Medina, a U.S. citizen, said she looked out the window and saw 10 men dressed in tactical military gear, all of them carrying rifles. 'I was like, 'Am I dreaming or is this real,'' she said. According to Medina, the agents told her to exit her home with her children. Standing in the driveway, they showed her a warrant for her husband, his name listed as David Garcia. As she explained that her husband's name is Jorge and that he was not at the house, one of the agents is captured on an outdoor home surveillance camera turning the device away from what was transpiring. Cameras inside the home captured the heavily armed ICE agents going through the residence room-by-room, all while Sec. Noem, donning a bulletproof vest and ballcap, watched from the street. The DHS Secretary would later mention the Huntington Park raid at a press conference where Senator Alex Padilla was roughly shoved out of the room, pushed to the ground, cuffed and briefly detained. U.S. Marshal wrongly detained by ICE agents in lobby of federal building After hearing about the raid, L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn went to the Huntington Park neighborhood and spoke with some of Medina's neighbors. 'I'm very disappointed in this government right now and what they're doing,' she told KTLA. Four months pregnant with her fifth child, the Huntington Park mother said if her husband is deported, the family's future is bleak. 'I'm not going to be able to pay my rent when I have to pay it,' she explained. 'My husband is not here. I don't know if they're going to pick him up tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. It's sad.' ICE agents, along with Noem, eventually left the home empty handed, and the children were allowed back inside. For now, the family is unsure what the coming days will bring, but Medina said if her husband is deported, she and her children will likely follow him back to Mexico. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
a day ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joins ICE operation in L.A. County
Videos from an early morning immigration enforcement operation showed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accompanying numerous federal agents raiding a Huntington Park home Thursday. Resident Sabrina Medina and her neighbors recorded the video after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents started banging on her front door. "They kept on telling me, 'Where is your husband?' and I said, 'He's not here,'" Medina recalled. "They were like, 'Where is he? Stop hiding him.' I'm not hiding him. He's not here." The agents claimed Medina's husband was in the country illegally and had a criminal record. Medina said he was arrested eight years ago, but the charges were later dropped. "He just wants to be a father to my kids," she said. "He's not a criminal. He's not a gangbanger. He has no tattoos, but my name and my daughter's name, nothing else." Medina has four children and is currently four months pregnant. She said she cooperated with the federal agents, but most of the officers kept their weapons drawn, despite her children being around. While agents did show her a piece of paper they claimed was a search warrant, she says they were already inside the home by the time she could thoroughly read it. "I just wanted my kids out of the house," Medina said. Medina and her neighbors called Noem's presence at the raid unsettling and frightening. "They were laughing," Medina said. "They wanted to see a show, and that makes me feel very humiliated." Neighbor Johanna Rochin said the operation made her fear for her safety. "I'm angry, scared, worried for the family, scared for my own safety," Rochin said. "They're targeting Hispanic communities. So now, I'm scared to even go out, even if I'm a U.S. citizen." Medina said ICE agents told her they'd return until they find her husband. "It's a nightmare," she said. "Seeing everybody's family, not just because of my husband. I've seen my friends. I've seen relatives, the people at Home Depot, getting chased. It just hurts me." Medina said she may leave the country if her husband is taken, fearing she won't be able to support the family on her own.
