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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Attendees astatine Thursday morning's metropolis assembly league were caught disconnected defender erstwhile Councilmember Miguel Arias dropped an explosive allegation.
"We person learned this play ICE is readying to prosecute successful a monolithic migration raid astatine the Cherry Auction successful Fresno," said Council subordinate Miguel Arias.
He past advised the migrant assemblage to enactment distant from the fashionable Fresno County flea marketplace this weekend.
"It would enactment themselves and their families successful the astir susceptible presumption to beryllium picked up and taken retired of the state without owed process, arsenic has been intelligibly documented successful our state," said Council subordinate Arias.
Those comments rapidly circulated connected societal media, which prompted Cherry Avenue Auction to code its 3,200 followers connected Instagram, saying successful part, it had nary cognition of immoderate planned ICE raid astatine its installation nor was it notified by instrumentality enforcement.
It went connected to accidental Cherry Avenue Auction has been "dealing with rumors for a agelong time".
Action News reached retired to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office for comment. It encouraged the nationalist not to dispersed messages astir pending migration operations due to the fact that it tin make panic and fear-mongering.
Action News Reporter Christina Lopez tracked down Councilmember Arias extracurricular City Hall arsenic helium was driving distant Thursday.
"Miguel, you bash recognize that due to the fact that you're not releasing captious information," began Lopez.
"I'm not a reporter," Arias replied.
"People mightiness beryllium saying this could beryllium hearsay, right?" Lopez asked.
"I'm not a reporter, and I'm not a national agency. They person the work to archer radical and confirm. My work is to pass radical truthful that they tin support themselves," Arias said.
"And you consciousness the request to support this idiosyncratic who sent you this information, correct?" asked Lopez.
"I'm not going to get into that," said Arias.
Action News besides reached retired to ICE to verify these allegations, but has not heard back.
The City of Fresno released a connection successful respect to Councilmember Arias' claims, which said, "The City of Fresno has not been made alert of immoderate migration enforcement enactment taking spot this play astatine the Cherry Auction."
This weekend, determination are 2 "No Kings" protests planned wrong the City of Fresno.
Fresno constabulary accidental they program to patrol some protests with information for a peaceful and harmless demonstration.
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