It’s unclear if anyone was arrested in L.A., but nationwide, ICE has arrested over 3,550 people since Thursday.
LAUSD, the nation's second-largest school district, handed out "red cards" to students last week. The cards have information about people's rights if approached by an immigration officer.
Authorities and advocacy countered widely circulated media reports of ICE raids and sweeps targeting Los Angeles over the weekend.
The Los Angeles-based Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters said it’s cooperating with federal law enforcement entities on immigration enforcement efforts.
The DEA Los Angeles Field Division is working with the Department of Homeland Security on immigration enforcement.
The Trump administration’s mass-deportation offensive expanded into Los Angeles Saturday with pre-dawn roundups, part of a West Coast operation expected to run seven days a week, sources told The
The Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) will not “assist or engage in immigration compliance checks, immigration enforcement activity, or ICE related task force operations,” the agency said in a statement Tuesday night.
Rojas’ family called the hotline immediately after the arrest, and within an hour and a half, network lawyers contacted ICE on Rojas’ behalf. But Rojas had signed a voluntary deportation order while in custody and was deported back to Mexico hours after the arrest.
Sheriff Don Barnes made clear his department’s immigration enforcement policy will not change, but expressed frustration at limits under state law.
Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District are fighting President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans by distributing cards and other resources to remind undocumented immigrants about their legal rights.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District are now distributing “red cards” – also known as “Know Your Rights” cards – and other resources to remind immigrant community members