U.S. immigration and customs law enforcement officers conducted a series of immigration sweeps in Southern California on Friday morning, raising fear and anxiety in the immigrant community.
At least one video on the X show aired on the federal agency of the X show, the people in Westlake parking lot not far from downtown Los Angeles. A man recording a video can be heard warning the Spaniards that immigration officials are at the location and away.
Los Angeles Congressman Eunisses Hernandez, whose districts include West Lake, said in a written statement that her office received reports on immigration enforcement actions that were conducted in her area and other areas of Los Angeles.
“These actions are escalating: Agents arrive and leave quickly without warning, knowing that our community is mobilizing quickly,” she said. “I urge Angelens to stay alert.”
The raids are the latest in a series of high-profile immigration enforcement operations last week, part of President Trump’s pledge to deportation calm. A few days ago, immigration agents raided a popular San Diego restaurant and arrested a confrontation by angry residents. Agents also arrested Chinese and Taiwanese nationals in an underground nightclub in the Los Angeles area.
Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe, a spokesman for the ICE branch, said federal agents in downtown Los Angeles were executing search warrants hiding with illegal people in the country. There are no other details, and I don’t know how many operations are being performed.
Another video posted on Instagram shows six federal agents walking near the intersection of Towne Avenue and 10th Street in the fashion district.
Ron Gochez, a member of Unión del Barrio, an independent political organization that advocates immigration rights and social justice, said his group was “submerged” and called for immigration seats in Los Angeles and Orange County.
“There are ice field agents in Cypress’s home warehouses, and are construction sites in North Hollywood and South Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard and Union Avenue,” he said in a telephone interview. “They’re everywhere.”
This is a developing story that will be provided with more information.
