US EditionLA mayor calls for 'accountability' amid immigration crackdown
Congressional Democrats plan hearings to probe racial profiling and civil rights violations after reports show at least 170 U.S. citizens were detained during immigration raids, officials said.
- On Monday, congressional Democrats announced the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold its first hearing in Los Angeles to investigate ICE arrests of U.S. citizens, hoping it will occur soon.
- Amid reporting from ProPublica and advocates, federal raids since summer targeted car washes in Los Angeles, with the CLEAN Car Wash Workers Association reporting more than 250 detained and at least 170 U.S. citizens held nationwide.
- On Monday at City Hall, Congressman Robert Garcia demanded DHS records and said, `Beginning today we are demanding that all records and documents, particularly when citizens have been detained and how officers are treating citizens and being detained are available to our committee.`
- The House Oversight Committee and Senate plan to investigate ICE misconduct, urging Angelenos to upload videos to a new tracker site, while DHS and the White House did not respond.
- Bass said, `What is happening to undocumented immigrants is also happening to U.S. citizens, which means that this can happen to anyone, to all of us, at any period of time`, amid earlier deployments of nearly 5,000 California National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids shook the city of Los Angeles, California. In the face of increased arrests in recent months, U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass asked Congress to launch an investigationKaren Bass asks Congress to investigate ICE's immigration raids in Los AngelesAt a press conference, accompanied by Democratic legislator for Long Beach, Robert Garcia, the local head of state requested a federal parliament hearing…
Congressional probe launched over staggering number of Americans detained by feds
Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americansby Nicole FoyProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Ameri…
Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans
Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.
LA mayor calls for Congressional investigation into U.S. federal agents' 'unlawful' enforcement actions
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday called for an immediate Congressional investigation into "the unlawful and unconstitutional abduction, detainment, and alleged abuse of U.S. citizens and immigrants by federal agents without a judicial warrant or probable cause," according to a press release from the mayor's office.
Mayor Bass announces investigation into detention of U.S. citizens by Homeland Security
Los Angeles leaders are demanding answers after federal immigration agents reportedly detained more than 100 U.S. citizens in recent enforcement operations across Southern California. Standing alongside immigrant rights groups in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Mayor Karen Bass and Rep. Robert Garcia announced plans to launch a major investigation into the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) conduct, pledging to hold a congressional hearing …
Democratic Congressmen announced a thorough investigation into the arrests of U.S. citizens in immigration raids
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