Tireless immigration raids are changing the way of life of California

When the immigration agents came to the field, where they worked, Jaime Alanis tried to hide.

Climbing the roof of a greenhouse, while the agents scored and arrested dozens of their colleagues below, Mr. Alanis hoped to stay out of sight.

Then he fell.

His neck was broken and the skull fractured. He later died in the hospital.

Meanwhile, the immigration agents fired Tiergas on a crowd of some 500 protesters, gathered to prevent raids outside the two legal cannabis fields. Some threw rocks, and say FBI One removed a gun on federal agents.

The death of Mr. Alanis, and violent clashes in those cannabis fields, the latest examples of chaos flowing in southern California from the beginning of June, when immigration raids in the region started intensifying.

Those Crackdowns instigated protests, which led US President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard and US Marines, protect the federal officials from the protesters and to ensure that his large -scale exile, which he had long promised, was fulfilled.

While many US President supports Trump’s strict immigration policies, the continuation of the raid in the region has also initiated a terrible response from neighbors and activists. The southern California is an estimated home of the estimated 1.4 million migrants, many of which are forced to hide – are afraid of going to work, school or even grocery store.

In doing so, the raid has changed the scenario of one of the most populous areas of the country. Businesses are discontinued, cities have canceled community programs – including the fourth fireworks ceremony of July.

“Everyone is looking at their shoulders,” recently says a “raspado” seller in Los Angeles on Sunday, where the crowded football grounds and picnic tables were mostly crowded. As she prepared shaved ice with sweet strawberry syrup, she was careful with questions for a customer but grateful.

“This is never like this,” he said.

The raid in two cannabis fields is now being postponed as the biggest immigration operation since President Trump assumed.

Among the 361 migrants detained during the raids, four were “comprehensive” criminal records in four, which attempted rape, kidnapping and tampering with the child, stated by the media. Immigration officials also found 14 migrant children, who have been claimed by the administration “from potential exploitation, forced labor and human trafficking”.

While the administration often highlights guilty rapists, killers and drug dealers, who have arrested in operation, the score of immigrants – many criminal guilty who have built business, family and homes for decades – have been caught in crosshair.

Carlos says, “They just kidnap you, who did not want their full name to be used in fear that they can be sent to their original Guatemala. He is very afraid of going to work since his sister, Emma, was detained while selling tacos outside a home depot last month.” If I am brown, if I am brown, if I am a partner, then you are going to take and you are caught and you are caught.

The Trump administration says people are being targeted because their skin color is “disgusting” and wrong.

Carlos says he feels a little safe as a federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to detain people with “patrol” with “patrol” of federal agents. But he does not believe that they will stop, and he needs to go back to work.

“How am I going to pay my rent,” they say. “I’m trapped inside.”

Church and immigrant rights are organizing food distribution for people in hiding. They are also training people to protect migrants on the streets using apps, text chains and social media when federal agents are nearby.

When dozens of armed agents in the camouflage landed at McArthur Park on horseback and in armored vehicles earlier this month, some were surprised.

Word operations had spread quickly – and rumors had said that “La Magra” was coming before the soldiers arrived. Dozens of protesters fought the soldiers to congratulate the soldiers – including La Mayer Karen Bass, who demanded that they leave the park.

Witnesses say that no arrests were made and no one was seen running to run away. By the time the soldiers arrived – with a professional -looking camera crew recording the overt show of force – only people in the park were protesters, some children in a summer camp, and some homeless people slept in grass.

Betsi Bolte says, “This is gatening, which lives near the park and was shown to oppose and shout on agents.

“This is a war against people – the heart and soul of the economy. And all this is intentionally. It is part of the plan,” he said, crying, showing their footage to reporters.

The activists accused the government of terrorizing their own people.

“It is part of a program of terror. From Los Angeles to Central Coast, the Trump administration is giving arms to the army against the federal government and California,” the advocacy says because of the group.

But not all California agree.

President Trump won 38% ballot papers in November. Recently, the BBC showed the story of a woman, who is still dedicated to the President and his collective exile plans, even when she is closed as an illegal immigrant.

And a single Trump supporter showed the protest at the Canbis Farm last week, beaten and beaten and spit by only protesters.

Perhaps the irony is that many of the exile policies of President Trump are an Angelno, the architect himself. Senior White House associate Stephen Miller was picked up in Liberal Santa Monica, where he was also known as a teenager to condemn the use of Spanish in his school on orthodox radio.

He told Fox News this week that the “violent” democratic politicians of California who protest were inciting violence against federal immigration agents.

“No city can fulfill the invasion of this country with the will of American people and law enforcement officials,” he said.

President Trump’s “Border Caesar” Tom Homan says Los Angeles has convicted himself as LA’s sanctuary law prevents local law enforcement from cooperation with immigration agents inside the jails, where they could stop immigrant criminals outside the public’s eyes.

“We are going to double, triple down on sanctuary cities,” Mr. Homan told reporters, saying that they do not have such very public raids in Florida as all the sheriffs there allow immigrant agents to detain migrants in jails.

“If they do not arrest us in the county jail, they are going to arrest him in the community. We are going to arrest him at a work site.”

In Los Angeles, the impact of the month of raid is noticeable. The absence of shopkeepers, leg traffic, music and street vendors, once in the park and neighborhood, is terrible the absence of familiar sounds.

La County has 88 cities and many of them have canceled public summer incidents due to ongoing immigration enforcement activity.

The city of Huntington Park said in a statement about the canceled programs, “Many residents have expressed fear and uncertainty, inspired them to stay indoors, avoid work and to move away from daily public life.” “Our priority is and will remain the security and peace of our community.

Now some immigrants are afraid to turn for their scheduled hearing, as they are being detained outside the court.

Ara Torosian, a pastor of the Corrtestone Church in West La, said his Persian language circles were wholeswers. A couple along with a three -year -old daughter were detained outside the court when they showed what they think was a “routine” hearing. He is now at a family detention center in Texas.

Five members of his congregation were detained in June – two of them were on the road, as the pastor was filmed by Torosian and begging for the agents.

“Are not criminals,” he said. “They were following everything, nothing was hidden.”