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21 hours ago
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California Immigration Raids Are Hurting American Citizens Too
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement policies are taking a toll on more than just the undocumented aliens they are targeting. On Sunday, Cary López Alvarado, an American citizen born in Los Angeles who is nine months pregnant, was hospitalized after being released from federal custody one week before her due date. López Alvarado said she started experiencing sharp pains in her abdomen after she lost her balance when agents "shoved her" while attempting to arrest her undocumented coworkers. "I crouched down and held my belly, because I was scared they would hurt me," she told Telemundo 52, NBC's sister station in Los Angeles. López Alvarado was detained after attempting to block two masked Border Patrol agents from entering her place of work without a warrant. While performing maintenance work in a building in Hawthorne, California, on Sunday, she and her cousin—also an American citizen—opened the parking gate to allow López Alvarado's partner, Brian Najera, and another co-worker to enter. Najera and the co-worker—who are both undocumented—had been followed in a marked U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle. López Alvarado blocked the agents from entering the gated parking lot and captured her interactions with them on video while telling the agents: "I'm going to need you guys to leave. This is private property." Agents said the parking wasn't private property and asked López Alvarado to either show documentation that she owned the property or move out of the way. When she refused to move, the agents forced her out of the way, causing her to lose her balance. She, along with her husband, co-worker, and cousin, were subsequently arrested, during which time López Alvarado told agents her due date was June 17. "'OK, your baby is going to be born here, but you're from Mexico, right?' And I told them no," she said on NBC News. "I was born here." López Alvarado was released later that day and told by agents they would contact her at a later date about obstruction allegations. In an email sent to NBC News, Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said, "Cary Lopez was arrested because she obstructed federal law enforcement by blocking access to a car that had two Guatemalan illegal aliens in it." She also noted that "ICE enforcement officers are facing a 413% increase in assaults," which McLaughlin says is "disgraceful." This incident illustrates how quickly interactions with federal agents can become complicated. The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures where there is a "reasonable expectation of privacy." Whether a parking lot is considered private, and therefore requires either a valid warrant or permission for authorities to enter, depends on multiple factors. Although López Alvarado believed she was within her rights to deny federal immigration authorities entrance to a gated parking lot on private property without a judicial warrant, agents believed differently. Trump's onslaught of immigration enforcement has raised many questions regarding due process for undocumented people living in the United States. Now, the same questions are being raised for American citizens. The post California Immigration Raids Are Hurting American Citizens Too appeared first on
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2 days ago
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Masked ICE Agents Detain U.S. Citizen Who Is Nine Months Pregnant
In an instance of exceptional depravity, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a pregnant U.S. citizen just days before her due date, NBC News reported Tuesday. Cary López Alvarado was detained by masked ICE agents Sunday, who claimed that she was obstructing an arrest of her partner and his co-worker, two undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, during a raid in Hawthorne, a city in Los Angeles County. López Alvarado and her cousin Alberto Sandoval, who is also a citizen, were opening a gate to allow their truck into the parking lot of a private building when ICE agents arrived. 'They had us all surrounded,' she told NBC News in an interview from a hospital bed, her voice breaking. After being released by ICE shortly after her arrest, López Alvarado experienced sharp pains in her stomach, and was admitted to the hospital. 'I had lost my balance,' she tearfully told NBC. 'He was kind of shoving me away from the door, and uh, that's when I kind of just like leaned forward because I was kind of trying to protect the stomach.' In a video of the incident obtained by the outlet, neighbors could be heard shouting 'Let her go,' and She's pregnant!' In one video, López Alvarado can be heard explaining to the agents that they could not enter private property. The agents told her that the parking wasn't private property, and that she was impeding their arrest, she said. 'I wasn't resisting or anything,' she said. 'I can't fight back; I'm pregnant.' When López Alvarado tried to tell the officers that she was due June 17, she said they responded, ''OK, your baby is going to be born here, but you're from Mexico, right?' And I told them no.' López Alvarado told Telemundo 52 in Spanish that she was born in Los Angeles. As part of its inhumane crackdown on immigration, the Trump administration has readily arrested U.S. citizens, deported families, and endangered sick children, leaving hollow promises to target individuals with criminal records in the rearview. In a statement to NBC News, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that López Alvarado had been detained because she allegedly 'obstructed federal law enforcement by blocking access to a car that had two Guatemalan illegal aliens in it.' The statement claimed that the ICE agents had been assaulted during the incident and that 'rioters' had thrown wrenches and batteries at the agents. Sandoval still faces assault charges, though his mother, María Alvarado, told Telemundo 52 that he was innocent, and there was proof. 'My son didn't attack. He was attacked. There are videos. There's evidence,' she said in Spanish. A recent series of ICE arrests in Los Angeles have sparked massive protests there, and the Trump administration has been quick to fan the flames of unrest by calling in the National Guard and U.S. Marines, in possible violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. California has already moved to sue Trump for overreaching his authority, and California Governor Gavin Newsom warned Wednesday that the president had placed democracy 'under assault.'
News18
2 days ago
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'I Was Born Here': 9-Month Pregnant US Citizen Lands In Hospital After Immigration Raid
Last Updated: Cary Lopez Alvarado, 28, experienced sharp stomach pains and was hospitalised, with doctors closely monitoring her and her unborn child following the ordeal A nine-month pregnant US citizen was hospitalised after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Hawthorne, California, sparking outrage and renewed scrutiny over immigration enforcement practices. Cary Lopez Alvarado, 28, was apprehended by ICE on June 8, just a week before her due date. According to Lopez Alvarado, agents 'shoved her", causing her to lose her balance as she tried to shield her stomach. 'They started grabbing me from both sides, and I ducked down to sort of shield my stomach because I was afraid they were going to hurt me," she told Telemundo 52. She added: 'I told them it [her due date] was June 17, and they said, 'OK, your baby is going to be born here, but you're from Mexico, right?' And I told them no." 'I was born here," Alvarado told Telemundo 52 in Spanish. 'I was born in Los Angeles, I was born in Hollywood Hospital." NBC Los Angeles reported that after her release, Alvarado experienced sharp stomach pains and was subsequently hospitalised, with doctors closely monitoring her and her unborn child following the ordeal. What Led to the Arrest The incident began when masked men in Border Patrol uniforms followed a vehicle carrying two undocumented workers, including Alvarado's partner, into a private parking lot, NBC reported. Alvarado and her cousin, both US citizens, opened the gate for the group. When agents attempted to enter the property, Alvarado blocked the door and asked them to leave, citing private property rights. Agents, however, claimed the parking lot was not private and proceeded to arrest Alvarado, her partner, her cousin, and the co-worker. Public Outcry and Context The case has drawn widespread condemnation, especially as it comes amid intensified immigration enforcement efforts. President Donald Trump has pledged to launch the largest mass deportation effort in US history, with increased ICE raids and stricter border controls. Advocacy groups and community members have called for accountability and greater oversight of ICE operations. 'This incident raises serious questions about the treatment of US citizens and the protocols followed during immigration enforcement," said a spokesperson for a local immigrant rights organisation, as reported by NBC News. The incident comes amid several thousand people taking to the streets of New York City to protest the immigration policies of Trump, after a series of raids by ICE sparked protests across the country. 'No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here," chanted protesters who initially gathered at Foley Square, a plaza in front of a courthouse where several migrants were detained by law enforcement, news agency AFP reported. The march in New York was more peaceful than its counterpart in Los Angeles, where ongoing demonstrations between protesters and police have spurred Trump to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active-duty Marines. First Published: June 11, 2025, 16:23 IST
