30 individuals have been charged with criminal offenses related to immigration protests in LA, including looting, assaulting police, and using destructive devices, while public support for the Trump administration’s deportation strategy is waning.
Protests erupted in Los Angeles and across the country as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids intensified in California, a self-declared sanctuary state, while the federal government’s authority over state and local criminal justice systems was questioned.
Advocates are calling on Governor Newsom to fully decommission shuttered state prisons and prevent them from being repurposed as ICE detention centers, as federal immigration raids are increasing across California.
The Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to Southern California in response to recent immigration protests has sparked a backlash from civil rights groups and state officials, who denounce it as a “militarized crackdown” that violates constitutional rights and endangers lives.
The Trump administration has been using various tactics to target immigrant communities, including unlawful deportations, registration systems, and increased immigration enforcement, while also attempting to silence dissent and undermine civil liberties.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at two Italian restaurants in San Diego sparked outrage and tension, leading to the deployment of flash-bang grenades and the arrest of four individuals living in the U.S. without legal status.
California State Senator Steve Padilla condemned an ICE raid in San Diego, which targeted workers rather than dangerous criminals, and urged support for SB 580 to strengthen legal clarity and statewide standards for immigration enforcement.
Protests were held in San Francisco and Sacramento to denounce ICE’s arrest of immigrants in and around immigration courts, which advocates say is part of a nationwide campaign to intimidate immigrants and undermine the right to due process.
An 11-year-old boy appeared in Sacramento Immigration Court with his grandmother, who could not afford a lawyer and were waitlisted by a church group overwhelmed with similar immigration cases, and was reassured by Judge Loreto Geisse that the government cannot remove him until she tells them to, while Assemblymember Mia Bonta introduced Assembly Bill 1261 to provide legal representation for all unaccompanied immigrant children in the state.
ICE agents arrested a mother in Worcester, MA, leading to a confrontation with dozens of residents, the arrest of two people, and a call from the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts for residents to remain alert and engaged.
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