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

essentialsaltes said:

ICE detention of student was ‘unconstitutional racial profiling,’ family alleges in claim​

• A $1-million damage claim targets the Trump administration for the detention of a 15-year-old U.S. citizen just outside of Arleta High School in Los Angeles.
• Federal authorities call the incident a case of mistaken identity.

Officials added: “This is a case study of billboard law firms trying to turn family resemblance into racial animus to collect clicks, clout, and cash.”

About seven minutes after the confrontation began, officers were persuaded they had detained the wrong person.

An officer then joked, to mother and son, that the boy would have an exciting experience to tell his friends about.

“There’s nothing exciting about getting guns pointed at you, especially when you’re a 15-year-old,” [Mom] Mejia said.

Immigration agents attempted to enter two Los Angeles elementary schools in April, but the principals turned them away. The Arleta High incident renewed concerns because it happened on the campus perimeter. Immigration agents also recently arrested — on Aug. 8 — an 18-year-old Reseda High senior as he was walking the family dog near their Van Nuys home.

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essentialsaltes said:

L.A. teen is moved to ICE detention center out of state without parents’ knowledge​

This week, his family was caught off-guard once again when they learned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had transferred him to Arizona without notifying any relatives, according to the office of U.S. Rep. Luz Rivas (D-North Hollywood), which spoke to his family and reviewed ICE detention records.

Guerrero-Cruz was moved out of the Adelanto Detention Facility in San Bernardino County late Monday night and taken to a holding facility in Arizona in the middle of the desert, according to the congresswoman’s office.

“Benjamin and his family deserve answers behind ICE’s inconsistent and chaotic decision-making process, including why Benjamin was initially transferred to Arizona, why he was slated to be transferred to Louisiana afterward, and why his family wasn’t notified of his whereabouts by ICE throughout this process,” Rivas said in a statement.

On Tuesday, Rivas introduced a bill that would require ICE to notify an immediate family member of a detainee within 24 hours of a detainee’s transfer. Currently, ICE is required to notify a family member only in the case of a detainee’s death.

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rjs330 said:

Big whoop. LE makes mistakes all the time across rhe country regarding mistaken identity.

This lasted a whole 7 minutes. 7 minutes? Thats nothing. Laws are clear rhat when you stop someone it shouldn't last longer than necessary. 7 minutes is about as short of time as you can get from start to finish.

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rjs330 said:

Sounds like ICE is acting legally. We'll see if the law passes. I honeatly dont think it would be a terrible change.

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BPPLEE said:

Won't it be kind of hard to track down family members of every illegal immigrant who is transferred to another facility?

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Bradskii said:

'We're transferring you. Is there anyone we need to contact to let them know where you're going to be?'

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BPPLEE said:

Then the law needs to specify that an attempt must be made to contact a family member .

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Pommer said:

Maybe that’s the point of the suit?
Make the government pay for “mistakes” and after a few million here and a few million there people will be advised to “do it legally”.

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