Amid fear and resistance, immigration agents in L.A. have not ramped up arrests
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Amid fear and resistance, immigration agents in L.A. have not ramped up arrests

LA Times  

The immigration agents surrounded the small home on a quiet street in East Los Angeles. “That’s just the climate that we’re in,” said Dave Marin, director of enforcement and removal operations for ICE in Los Angeles, “because this issue has brought up such heated concerns on both sides.” But while arrests by ICE are up 35% nationwide since Trump took office, they remain relatively flat in Southern California. “Half the country wants us to do more, and the other half wants us to do less.” After Trump dramatically broadened ICE agents’ authority, essentially giving them clearance to arrest anyone suspected of being in the country illegally, immigrant rights groups have pushed to educate immigrants on their rights — in particular to deny ICE agents permission to enter their homes. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, one of several immigrant advocacy groups that ramped up “Know Your Rights” campaigns in the wake of Trump’s election, estimates it has reached 25,000 people through various outreach programs over the past three months, the group’s spokesman said. Bottom right: Agents take handcuffs off of green card holder Sergio Rodriguez inside the ICE staging facility Los Angeles, Calif. ‘I knew this day would come’ Agents arrested four of the targeted men on the recent morning.

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