The workers who arrived in a Home Depot in Pomona Tuesday morning in the hope of winning a wages of one day met immigration and customs agents in uniform who would have started to bring the workers in the parking lot.
The supervisor of the county of La, Hilda Solis, said that its members of the community said that community members had been detained by around 15 to 20 people.
“In response, I immediately ordered the Los Angeles County Immigrants Office to connect with the Pomona Day Labor Center to ensure that affected people receive the support and resources they need,” she said in a statement. “Although this remains a situation in development, I want to reaffirm my unshakable commitment to ensure that all residents, regardless of their immigration status, are aware and can exercise their constitutional rights.”
One of the workers of the day, who avoided being detained, spoke to ABC7 news of the traumatic effect of the raid.
“I arrived here, and when I started to see the scene, I started to cry. Tears started to leave,” said the man in Spanish. “We are here. We are human beings. We are only here to support and keep our families. ”
Immigrant rights groups quickly condemned the action. The RAID took place around 8:30 a.m. and involved marked and not marked vans, according to the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, a non -profit day work organization.
“We will not remain silent. Job search is not a crime. Providing those you love is not a crime,” the center said in a social media statement. “Please remain vigilant and spread power, not fear.”
The organization has urged members of the community to report the application of immigration to the inner coalition for the rapidly justice immigrant response hotline in (909) 361-4588. Following President Trump’s wishes to repair illegal immigration, community groups have set up lines of advice across California to help follow and disseminate information on ice activity.
Ice did not immediately respond to the request for Times comments. He published a statement to ABC7 saying that it is unable to provide specific information on daily routine operations due to the agency’s work tempo and the high volume of requests it receives.
The Pomona police service confirmed that an immigration action had taken place on Tuesday, but said that it had no knowledge or involvement prior to the RAID.
“As a reminder, the Pomona police service does not lead the application of immigration, which depends on the federal police,” the ministry said in a statement. “Pomona PD was not involved in the detention of individuals near Home Depot today and has not collaborated with any federal agency on their operation.”
Trump promised to carry out the greatest effort to expulsion in the history of the United States and declared a national emergency at the southern border, in deployment of troops.
He issued decrees limiting legal paths to enter the United States, strengthening efforts to seal the American-Mexican border and promote sweeping to collect and expel people who are not allowed to be in the United States.
According to the American Department of Internal Security of Internal Security, around 11 to 15 million to 15 million undocumented immigrants, including more than 2 million in California.
Under the Trump administration, Ice has already carried out well -published operations in Chicago and New York. Many wonder if southern California will be the next target for a large -scale immigration action.
In February, US immigration and customs officials struck at the gates of a handful of houses in the Los Angeles region. Earlier this year, the agents of the American border patrol have led a Three -day raid in rural regions of Kern County Targeting Latin agricultural workers and day workers.
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