[migrawatch-public] We Need a Sanctuary City in Los Angeles
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We Need a Sanctuary City in Los Angeles
For Immediate Release:
Contact:
Victor Fernandez 626-375-2873
5pm Press Conference/Protest at 93rd and Central
At 6:00 am this morning (9/6/07) the Los Angeles County
Sheriffs Department came to the neighborhood at 93rd and
Western in South Los Angeles . They were accompanied by
federal ICE agents. According to residents in the
neighborhood, the ICE agents went into at least 3
apartment complexes through the front gates, knocked on
doors, tried to enter some apartments through windows, and
hid in various locations around the neighborhood. At
least two people were detained, according to eyewitnesses.
The sheriffs claimed to have an arrest warrant for a man
in one apartment. The sheriffs and ICE agents left at
about 9:00 am this morning.
Activists from the Emergency Response Network say that
this illustrates the need for a Sanctuary City declaration
in Los Angeles . ICE agents should not be using the
sheriffs as a pretext to enter whole apartment complexes.
Special Order 40 prohibits LAPD from this type of
cooperation with ICE because of community opposition to
these practices.
Residents of the neighborhood made a sign that said ICE
OUT!?and stood on the street. Some took pictures of what
the ICE agents were doing and collected badge numbers.
The ICE agents harassed these citizens. First, they were
told to hand over their camera. Then ICE agents asked for
their identifications and wrote down their information.
Then the agents told them that they were not allowed to
be on the street. But we stood our ground,?said Cristina,
a resident of the neighborhood. Finally, they backed
down. We had hidden our camera, and they finally admitted
that we had the righ t to take pictures and to be on the
street with our protest signs. They couldn't stop us.
With the stepped up use of social security No-Match
letters tied up in the courts, Department of Homeland
Security Chief Michael Chertoff has promised to step up
raids and deportations. He says, "And we have taken
significant steps in order to control this decades-long
problem. We've added more boots on the ground at the
border. But we've also done some things in the interior,
and that revolves around our efforts to substantially
increase what we do with respect to worksite enforcement
in the United States." These raids are the sign of more
to come. Activists have vowed to respond to raids with
protests.
We Need a Sanctuary City in Los Angeles
For Immediate Release:
Contact:
Victor Fernandez 626-375-2873
5pm Press Conference/Protest at 93rd and Central
At 6:00 am this morning (9/6/07) the Los Angeles County
Sheriffs Department came to the neighborhood at 93rd and
Western in South Los Angeles . They were accompanied by
federal ICE agents. According to residents in the
neighborhood, the ICE agents went into at least 3
apartment complexes through the front gates, knocked on
doors, tried to enter some apartments through windows, and
hid in various locations around the neighborhood. At
least two people were detained, according to eyewitnesses.
The sheriffs claimed to have an arrest warrant for a man
in one apartment. The sheriffs and ICE agents left at
about 9:00 am this morning.
Activists from the Emergency Response Network say that
this illustrates the need for a Sanctuary City declaration
in Los Angeles . ICE agents should not be using the
sheriffs as a pretext to enter whole apartment complexes.
Special Order 40 prohibits LAPD from this type of
cooperation with ICE because of community opposition to
these practices.
Residents of the neighborhood made a sign that said ICE
OUT!?and stood on the street. Some took pictures of what
the ICE agents were doing and collected badge numbers.
The ICE agents harassed these citizens. First, they were
told to hand over their camera. Then ICE agents asked for
their identifications and wrote down their information.
Then the agents told them that they were not allowed to
be on the street. But we stood our ground,?said Cristina,
a resident of the neighborhood. Finally, they backed
down. We had hidden our camera, and they finally admitted
that we had the righ t to take pictures and to be on the
street with our protest signs. They couldn't stop us.
With the stepped up use of social security No-Match
letters tied up in the courts, Department of Homeland
Security Chief Michael Chertoff has promised to step up
raids and deportations. He says, "And we have taken
significant steps in order to control this decades-long
problem. We've added more boots on the ground at the
border. But we've also done some things in the interior,
and that revolves around our efforts to substantially
increase what we do with respect to worksite enforcement
in the United States." These raids are the sign of more
to come. Activists have vowed to respond to raids with
protests.
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