US EditionSeveral People Detained During Immigration Raid at West Hollywood Car Wash, Reports Say
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‘Antagonized for being Hispanic’: Growing claims of racial profiling in LA raids
Emma de Paz was selling breakfast to day laborers outside a Los Angeles Home Depot on June 19 when immigration agents showed up. Some of them chased workers through the parking lot. Others rounded up the food cart vendors. De Paz was handcuffed, forced onto her knees, and driven to a federal detention center downtown.She called her brother, Carlos Barrera, from the facility.“They didn’t ask if she had papers or not. They just grabbed her and put…
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'Antagonized for being Hispanic': Growing claims of racial profiling in LA raids
Immigration agents are raiding known hubs for Latino workers: day laborer gathering spots, street vendor corners and car washes. Legal advocacy groups say their tactics are unconstitutional.
Andrea Vélez, a 32-year-old marketing designer, was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) on June 24 when she was on her way to work in downtown Los Angeles. On June 12, 29-year-old Brian Gavidia worked at a trailer store in Montebello, California, when he was assaulted and immobilized by ICE officers. A little over a week earlier, 23-year-old electrician Elzon Lemus was stopped and pulled out of his car and handcuffed wh…
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