US EditionCBP Agent Repeatedly Punches Santa Ana Landscaper in the Face During Detainment
- On Saturday, June 21, federal agents detained Narciso Barranco, a 48-year-old landscaper, outside a Santa Ana IHOP in California after approaching him with force.
- Barranco was pepper-sprayed, repeatedly punched, and pinned to the ground, with his shoulder reportedly dislocated during the detainment while he ran for his ID.
- The incident sparked protests with about 100 people demanding federal agents stop immigration sweeps in Santa Ana and led to a GoFundMe raising over $48,000 for Barranco’s legal fees.
- Barranco’s son Alejandro, a Marine veteran, said his father is undocumented but has no criminal record and called the use of force against him unfair and heartbreaking.
- The event highlights concerns over immigration enforcement tactics and has drawn criticism from local officials and U.S. Rep. Lou Correa, who called current policies flawed and damaging to families.
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‘I feel betrayed,’ California Marine says of seeing his father punched by federal immigration agent
After the man was surrounded by Border Patrol agents and pinned to the ground, one agent could be seen repeatedly hitting him on a video posted to social media.
Los Angeles Times
The Seattle TimesImmigrant father of three Marines is violently detained, injured by federal agents, son says
Narciso Barranco, a landscaper in Orange County, was detained by immigration officials in a violent altercation Saturday. Barranco is the father of three Marines.
LA Daily News
‘I feel betrayed,’ U.S. Marine says of seeing his father punched by federal immigration agent
A former Marine says he feels “betrayed” by the U.S. after seeing a video on social media of his father being pinned to the ground and repeatedly punched by a federal immigration agent in Santa Ana on Saturday. The post of the blows to his father also helped to spark a demonstration with dozens of protesters demanding the agents leave Santa Ana, as well as an online fundraiser to raise money for the man’s legal expenses. Narciso Barranco, the 48…
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