Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

[rjs330]

Father of three Marines beaten by masked federal agents, set to be released from immigration facility​

The father of three U.S. Marines who was violently tackled and beaten by masked federal agents in Orange County is scheduled to be released on bond after spending 20 days in federal custody.

Narciso Barranco, an undocumented immigrant who has lived in the United States for decades, is married to a U.S. citizen and is father to two active-duty American Marines and one veteran, was ordered by an immigration judge Thursday to be released on a $3,000 bond, according to his family.

Barranco applied for parole-in-place, which allows certain undocumented immigrants to remain in the country pending a change in their immigration status.

Orange Councilmember Arianna Barrios attended Thursday’s hearing to show her support for the Tustin resident.

“Today was a good day in this new battle for civil rights, due process and humanitarian principles,” Barrios said in a Facebook post. “Mr Barranco will be released on bond sometime tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, God willing! He can remain free until mid-August, where he will have another hearing to try and adjust his status to parole-in-place...”

Lol, he ran because he was an illegal and ICE was there to pick him up. Its no different than if any other criminal runs from LE. They chased him and took him down. Big deal.

He wouldnt go with them and he used rhe weed whacker to keep them back as he started to run away. You can see that in the video. He lowerd the weed whack at the agent.

Then he ran and fought the agents just like a LOT of criminals do. They were hitting him to get him subdued so they could get his arms behind his back and handcuff him.

I want you to try something. I want you to get three if your friends. Then I want you to have one if them pretend to be the "bad guy". Have him run from you and you other three chase him. I want him to do everything he can to prevent you from arresting him. Including if you do get him down, putting his arms underneath him and not letting you get his arms out. Hey, and no violence is allowed on your part. Including tackling him. You cant do anything that might even be considered as violence. He however is allowed to push and resist as much as he wants to.

Now come back to us and tell us how easy that was.

 

[wing2000]

“There’s not much to do,” one Marine said as he stood guard outside the towering Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood this week.

Such a waste of the US Marine Corp.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas​

He was on his way to wash a car when he glanced up and saw co-workers sprinting off. A woman frantically motioned for him to flee. His heart raced as he tried to find the source of their alarm.

Confused and frightened, Javier Diaz Santana jumped over the wall behind the car wash in the San Gabriel Valley. Years earlier, a vehicle had run over Diaz’s foot while he worked there, and it was a struggle for him to run. He made it about a block. His foot throbbed with pain.

One [officer] seemed to be demanding something. Diaz gestured at his ears.

He could not hear. And he couldn’t speak.

Diaz, 32, is deaf and communicates using sign language. He thought that presenting his Real ID driver’s license would keep him safe. He has legal permission to be here.

He took his wallet from his pocket. An agent grabbed it and wouldn’t give it back.

Diaz took out his phone so he could type a message about his disability. They took that too.

And so began a surreal near month Diaz never could have imagined taking place in the United States. He was sent to an immigration detention center in El Paso, where he spent weeks unable to communicate with his attorney or his family. At times, Diaz received paperwork in Spanish — a language he cannot read.

After the Times followed up again about that [DACA] protection, a senior DHS official said in an email, “Deferred action does not confer any form of legal status in this country.”

Diaz was released July 8. He is one of an unknown number of immigrants with permission to live and work in the U.S. who have been caught in the dragnet of President Trump’s deportation campaign.

“They really just don’t care if they have a work permit, if they have DACA, if they have [Temporary Protected Status] — they detain,” [lawyer] Muro said. “They’re just engaging in racial profiling. It’s nothing but that. They don’t care whether you stand and produce documents or run.”

 

[rjs330]

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas​

He was on his way to wash a car when he glanced up and saw co-workers sprinting off. A woman frantically motioned for him to flee. His heart raced as he tried to find the source of their alarm.

Confused and frightened, Javier Diaz Santana jumped over the wall behind the car wash in the San Gabriel Valley. Years earlier, a vehicle had run over Diaz’s foot while he worked there, and it was a struggle for him to run. He made it about a block. His foot throbbed with pain.

One [officer] seemed to be demanding something. Diaz gestured at his ears.

He could not hear. And he couldn’t speak.

Diaz, 32, is deaf and communicates using sign language. He thought that presenting his Real ID driver’s license would keep him safe. He has legal permission to be here.

He took his wallet from his pocket. An agent grabbed it and wouldn’t give it back.

Diaz took out his phone so he could type a message about his disability. They took that too.

And so began a surreal near month Diaz never could have imagined taking place in the United States. He was sent to an immigration detention center in El Paso, where he spent weeks unable to communicate with his attorney or his family. At times, Diaz received paperwork in Spanish — a language he cannot read.

After the Times followed up again about that [DACA] protection, a senior DHS official said in an email, “Deferred action does not confer any form of legal status in this country.”

Diaz was released July 8. He is one of an unknown number of immigrants with permission to live and work in the U.S. who have been caught in the dragnet of President Trump’s deportation campaign.

“They really just don’t care if they have a work permit, if they have DACA, if they have [Temporary Protected Status] — they detain,” [lawyer] Muro said. “They’re just engaging in racial profiling. It’s nothing but that. They don’t care whether you stand and produce documents or run.”

This is a consequence of allowing millions of illegals into the country. ICE showing up to arrest someone and all the illegals run. Even the illegals thought this guy was an illegal because they told him to run. Everyone runs and ICE has to chase. Of course they are going to think he's an illegal.

Once again they figured it out and let him go. You can argue that it shouldn't take weeks. Maybe it shouldn't. I don't know. Based upon their work load and the time it takes to verify somes identity, maybe weeks is what it takes. Maybe not. And since you aren't in that position to know, to claim it shouldn't is uninformed or speculative.

I fell it shouldn't take that long, but I'm ignorant on this.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Once again they figured it out and let him go.

What did DHS figure out?

“Deferred action does not confer any form of legal status in this country.”

He was released after a month on bond, but he is not free from deportation. His case is still pending.

[His lawyer Muro] sent proof of Diaz’s DACA protection, but he remained detained.

Muro learned that the government in May had filed a motion to revive Diaz’s administratively closed case.

In recent months, Muro said she’s received 40 motions from the government that involved reopening administratively closed cases. At least one involved someone who was already granted lawful permanent residency. Diaz’s case, she said, had yet to be put back on the court calendar.

Muro told the judge that Diaz’s removal case had been administratively closed in 2013. She said he has DACA protection, that it was just renewed and would not expire until 2027.

A Department of Homeland Security lawyer who sat at a table near Diaz said that an addendum in Diaz’s arrest record in Texas acknowledged that he had DACA. She added that Diaz’s case remained administratively closed, which appeared to puzzle the judge.

“I never have had that before, where I have a bond request on an admin closed case,” the judge said. “This is the first time.”

The judge asked if Diaz had any criminal history. The government lawyer said no.

[He was granted the minimum $1,500 bond.]

But before he left [detention], the officers put a black monitor on his left ankle.

 

[rjs330]

What did DHS figure out?

“Deferred action does not confer any form of legal status in this country.”

He was released after a month on bond, but he is not free from deportation. His case is still pending.

[His lawyer Muro] sent proof of Diaz’s DACA protection, but he remained detained.

Muro learned that the government in May had filed a motion to revive Diaz’s administratively closed case.

In recent months, Muro said she’s received 40 motions from the government that involved reopening administratively closed cases. At least one involved someone who was already granted lawful permanent residency. Diaz’s case, she said, had yet to be put back on the court calendar.

Muro told the judge that Diaz’s removal case had been administratively closed in 2013. She said he has DACA protection, that it was just renewed and would not expire until 2027.

A Department of Homeland Security lawyer who sat at a table near Diaz said that an addendum in Diaz’s arrest record in Texas acknowledged that he had DACA. She added that Diaz’s case remained administratively closed, which appeared to puzzle the judge.

“I never have had that before, where I have a bond request on an admin closed case,” the judge said. “This is the first time.”

The judge asked if Diaz had any criminal history. The government lawyer said no.

[He was granted the minimum $1,500 bond.]

But before he left [detention], the officers put a black monitor on his left ankle.

My mistake. He was an illegal. Ive been on too many threads in this stuff I get mixed up.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump’s top federal prosecutor in L.A. struggles to secure indictments in protest cases​

To bystanders at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, it sounded as though U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli would not take no for an answer.

A prosecutor had the irate Trump administration appointee on speakerphone outside the grand jury room, and his screaming was audible, according to three law enforcement officials aware of the encounter who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

The grand jury had just refused to indict someone accused of attacking federal law enforcement officers during protests against the recent immigration raids throughout Southern California, two of the federal officials said.

On the overheard call, according to the three officials, Essayli, 39, told a subordinate to disregard the federal government’s “Justice Manual,” which directs prosecutors to bring only cases they can win at trial. Essayli barked that prosecutors should press on and secure indictments as directed by U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi, according to the three officials.

Although his office filed felony cases against at least 38 people for alleged misconduct that either took place during last month’s protests or near the sites of immigration raids, many have been dismissed or reduced to misdemeanor charges.

In total, he has secured only seven indictments, which usually need to be obtained no later than 21 days after the filing of a criminal complaint. Three other cases have been resolved via plea deal, records show.

Essayli has won indictments in some serious cases, including two where defendants are accused of throwing or planning to throw Molotov cocktails at L.A. law enforcement officers, and a case where defendants allegedly fired a paintball gun at federal police.

Meghan Blanco, a former federal prosecutor in L.A. who serves as defense counsel to one of the protesters who is facing charges, said the cases are faltering in part because of unreliable information provided by immigration agents claiming to be victims.

According to an investigation summary of [one] incident reviewed by The Times, a U.S. Border Patrol officer claimed a man was screaming in his face that he was going to “shoot him,” then punched him. The officer said he and other agents started chasing the man, but were “stopped by two other males,” later identified as [Blanco's client] Mojica and Bryan Ramos-Brito.

Blanco said she obtained social media videos showing no such chase took place and presented them at Mojica’s first court appearance. The charges were soon dropped.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Mesa County deputy who shared info about Utah college student put on leave​

Alexander Zwinck is on administrative leave while the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office investigates​

Colorado law prohibits local law enforcement from working with federal agents on civil immigration enforcement.

Colorado’s AG sues deputy sheriff, saying he illegally shared information with immigration agents​

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment on the lawsuit. Spokesperson Molly Casey said the office is about a week away from finishing its internal investigation into the student’s traffic stop and plans to issue a statement after it is finished.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Sanctuary laws are generally constitutional. (and therefore legal)

Federal judge dismisses Trump administration's lawsuit against Chicago over its sanctuary city policies​

The judge determined the state's policies are protected by the 10th Amendment, a blow to Trump's efforts to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions.

The judge said in the ruling that Illinois' decision to enact the sanctuary laws is protected by the 10th Amendment, which declares that any powers not specifically given to the federal government or denied to the states by the Constitution are retained by the states.

“The Sanctuary Policies reflect Defendants’ decision to not participate in enforcing civil immigration law — a decision protected by the Tenth Amendment and not preempted by the [Immigration and Nationality Act],” the judge wrote. “Because the Tenth Amendment protects Defendants’ Sanctuary Policies, those Policies cannot be found to discriminate against or regulate the federal government.”

The Justice Department in June filed a complaint against Los Angeles [and more recently against NYC and NYS]

 

[essentialsaltes]

SoCal surgery center staff confront ICE agents detaining landscapers on the property​

Masked immigration agents got into a confrontation with staff members of a medical facility in San Bernardino County this week after landscapers ran into their facility looking to avoid being taken into custody.

Feds charge SoCal medical workers with interfering in ICE raid​

• Staffers at the Ontario Advanced Surgical Center told two agents to leave because they didn’t have a warrant to go onto the property, according to video.
• A video shows one staffer holding onto the doorway and asking the immigration agents to present identification.

Two staff members from an Ontario surgery center have been charged with allegedly interfering with U.S. immigration officers trying to detain landscapers who ran into the center to escape.
Jose de Jesus Ortega, a 38-year-old Highland resident, was arrested Friday morning and is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Riverside, according to a U.S. attorney’s office Central District of California news release.
Officials are still looking for the other suspect, Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona. Both are charged with assaulting a federal officer and conspiracy to prevent by force and intimidation a federal officer from discharging his duties, authorities said.

The charges against the two staffers continue Essayli’s aggressive approach to bringing charges against people who are arrested during ICE protests and operations. [See earlier post #807 that many of his grand juries are declining to indict.]

 

[rjs330]

Federal judge dismisses Trump administration's lawsuit against Chicago over its sanctuary city policies​

The judge determined the state's policies are protected by the 10th Amendment, a blow to Trump's efforts to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions.

The judge said in the ruling that Illinois' decision to enact the sanctuary laws is protected by the 10th Amendment, which declares that any powers not specifically given to the federal government or denied to the states by the Constitution are retained by the states.

“The Sanctuary Policies reflect Defendants’ decision to not participate in enforcing civil immigration law — a decision protected by the Tenth Amendment and not preempted by the [Immigration and Nationality Act],” the judge wrote. “Because the Tenth Amendment protects Defendants’ Sanctuary Policies, those Policies cannot be found to discriminate against or regulate the federal government.”

The Justice Department in June filed a complaint against Los Angeles [and more recently against NYC and NYS]

This one doesn't surprise me. I don't think srate and local governments can be compelled to assist in enforcing federal laws.

I also think they shouldnt be allowed to hinder the enforcement either. Which means doing anything to try and prevent it.

 

[rjs330]

Feds charge SoCal medical workers with interfering in ICE raid​

• Staffers at the Ontario Advanced Surgical Center told two agents to leave because they didn’t have a warrant to go onto the property, according to video.
• A video shows one staffer holding onto the doorway and asking the immigration agents to present identification.

Two staff members from an Ontario surgery center have been charged with allegedly interfering with U.S. immigration officers trying to detain landscapers who ran into the center to escape.
Jose de Jesus Ortega, a 38-year-old Highland resident, was arrested Friday morning and is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Riverside, according to a U.S. attorney’s office Central District of California news release.
Officials are still looking for the other suspect, Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona. Both are charged with assaulting a federal officer and conspiracy to prevent by force and intimidation a federal officer from discharging his duties, authorities said.

The charges against the two staffers continue Essayli’s aggressive approach to bringing charges against people who are arrested during ICE protests and operations. [See earlier post #807 that many of his grand juries are declining to indict.]

Good, glad they are being charged.

 

[Hans Blaster]

The charges against the two staffers continue Essayli’s aggressive approach to bringing charges against people who are arrested during ICE protests and operations. [See earlier post #807 that many of his grand juries are declining to indict.]

Charged by "complaint", so the grand jury still has a chance to "no bill" this case as well.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump’s top federal prosecutor in L.A. struggles to secure indictments in protest cases​

To bystanders at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, it sounded as though U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli would not take no for an answer.

Essayli upended U.S. attorney’s office by pushing Trump agenda. Will he stay on top?​

• Four months into his tenure, interim U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli is plagued by criticism that he is acting in a hyper-partisan manner to support President Trump’s agenda.

Essayli — who declined to be interviewed — was never nominated by Trump, but rather appointed by U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi. That has cast doubt about his future in the office, as Bondi’s appointment is limited to 120 days by federal statute and will expire on Wednesday.

Barring any formal nomination from Trump proceeding through to the Senate before then — which is unlikely — a panel of judges in the Central District of California can appoint a U.S. attorney. That could be Essayli, or someone else.

However, the Trump administration has used unprecedented maneuvers to sidestep that process for two other federal prosecutors this month. [e.g. Habba]

 

[essentialsaltes]

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas​

Another detail from that story:

In another case this month, a federal judge ruled that the government had to provide a Mongolian Sign Language interpreter to a deaf immigrant who has been detained in San Diego County since February.

ICE releases deaf Mongolian immigrant after holding him for months without interpreter​

A deaf Mongolian man who uses sign language to communicate has been released from immigration custody in Southern California after spending months in detention without access to an interpreter, a family member confirmed Saturday.

CalMatters reported earlier this month on the man’s detention. His family requested he be identified only by the name Avirmed because of their fear that he could be harmed by the Mongolian government if he is eventually returned to his home country.

Immigration agents tried using Google Translate to ask Avirmed if he feared returning to Mongolia, according to court records. They badly misunderstood him

Avirmed’s attorneys with the Disability Rights Legal Center and Disability Law United argued that holding immigration court proceedings without allowing him access to an interpreter violated Avirmed’s legal civil rights. They drew on federal disability laws prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities by any federal program, including the immigration court system.

Sabraw agreed. “He has a right, doesn’t he? To be able to fully participate in any significant proceeding?” the federal judge asked the attorney for the federal government.

It remains unclear why Avirmed was released after being detained since February. He did not have any additional bond hearings, according to an immigration court docket. His attorneys could not immediately be reached for comment. ICE did not return a request for comment.

[He is now with his sister (and sponsor) in Virginia.]

 

[ralliann]

There's no reason for ICE agents to roll into a Home Depot parking lot in an armored vehicle outfitted in military tactical gear.

How do you know? The same was said when they raided the Marijuana business. Minors were rescued from slave labor, and Child predators also were working there among them. Good for these kids. Some might even lead to child sex, and slave rings. Go ICE!

 

[ralliann]

Another detail from that story:

In another case this month, a federal judge ruled that the government had to provide a Mongolian Sign Language interpreter to a deaf immigrant who has been detained in San Diego County since February.

ICE releases deaf Mongolian immigrant after holding him for months without interpreter​

A deaf Mongolian man who uses sign language to communicate has been released from immigration custody in Southern California after spending months in detention without access to an interpreter, a family member confirmed Saturday.

CalMatters reported earlier this month on the man’s detention. His family requested he be identified only by the name Avirmed because of their fear that he could be harmed by the Mongolian government if he is eventually returned to his home country.

Immigration agents tried using Google Translate to ask Avirmed if he feared returning to Mongolia, according to court records. They badly misunderstood him

Avirmed’s attorneys with the Disability Rights Legal Center and Disability Law United argued that holding immigration court proceedings without allowing him access to an interpreter violated Avirmed’s legal civil rights. They drew on federal disability laws prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities by any federal program, including the immigration court system.

Sabraw agreed. “He has a right, doesn’t he? To be able to fully participate in any significant proceeding?” the federal judge asked the attorney for the federal government.

It remains unclear why Avirmed was released after being detained since February. He did not have any additional bond hearings, according to an immigration court docket. His attorneys could not immediately be reached for comment. ICE did not return a request for comment.

[He is now with his sister (and sponsor) in Virginia.]

Wow, he had family and they only now became involved? It seems they spoke english as well. Seems things remain unclear in this article....

 

[JosephZ]

How do you know?

Because Home Depots are home improvement retail stores, not warzones.

 

[ralliann]

Because Home Depots are home improvement retail stores, not warzones.

War zones? Give it up. Quit responding as though it were one for them...
You know, Home depot is where the illegals wait for jobs, that is why they were there.
This can also lead to finding "other" things..that are worse also.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Wow, he had family and they only now became involved? It seems they spoke english as well. Seems things remain unclear in this article....

I'm not sure what's unclear about someone being disappeared off the streets and held incommunicado by ICE. It's happening all over.

What makes you think the family was not involved? They don't let you out of detention if your family asks nicely. We still don't know why he was released at all?

And the lack of translation may have delayed any hypothetical notice to his family:

They badly misunderstood him, identifying his sponsor as a daughter named Virginia Washington, but he does not have a daughter, according to a legal complaint filed on his behalf. His sponsor is his sister, who lives in Virginia.