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Riots in Los Angeles resulted in 10 deputies being injured by rocks, Molotov cocktails and pyrotechnics as law enforcement prepares for planned nationwide protests Saturday.
Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country’s food, farm bureaus say.
At one middle school ceremony, the principal announced he had families stationed outside to alert if him if ICE showed up.
LAPD and the counties of San Diego, Orange, and Riverside have repeatedly shared automated license plate reader data to federal agencies
The protest comes before leaders vote on whether or not to pass a budget that is expected to lock new undocumented immigrants out of Medi-Cal.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly been active in the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley, particularly in agricultural areas with farm fields and packinghouses, like Tulare, Fresno and Ventura counties.
From activists praying on the frontlines to pastors on the pulpit, many say the immigrant-heavy faith community is in need of hope — and churches are meant to be that refuge.
People can report ICE activity, immigration raids, checkpoints, detentions and arrests of undocumented individuals to the 805 Undocufund’s Immigrant Rapid Response Hotline at 805-870-8855. The network will then text those enrolled in their service about confirmed ICE sightings. Text “ALERT” to the hotline number to receive real-time updates.
The White House confirmed Wednesday that 330 immigrants had been detained by ICE in five days, as a result of raids spanning businesses across Southern California: two Home Depot stores, a doughnut shop, a car wash and agricultural fields along the Central Coast and in the San Joaquin Valley.