Authorities and advocacy countered widely circulated media reports of ICE raids and sweeps targeting Los Angeles over the weekend.
It’s unclear if anyone was arrested in L.A., but nationwide, ICE has arrested over 3,550 people since Thursday.
The Los Angeles-based Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters said it’s cooperating with federal law enforcement entities on immigration enforcement efforts.
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 DEA Los Angeles Field Division is working with the Department of Homeland Security on immigration enforcement.
The Immigrant Assistance Hotline to report ICE enforcement activity is (888) 624-4752.
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.
The Drug Enforcement Administration in Los Angeles said it is cooperating with federal law enforcement partners on immigration enforcement efforts.
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.
Sheriff Don Barnes made clear his department’s immigration enforcement policy will not change, but expressed frustration at limits under state law.
After Trump takes office, calls seeking help from immigration advocates surge, but others call their efforts “terrible.”
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.