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LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. migration authorities extended enactment successful the Los Angeles country connected Saturday successful the aftermath of protests astatine a national detention installation and a constabulary effect that included teardrop gas, flash-bangs and the apprehension of a national leader.
Border Patrol unit successful riot cogwheel and state masks stood defender extracurricular an concern parkland successful the metropolis of Paramount, deploying teardrop state arsenic bystanders and protesters gathered connected medians and crossed the street, immoderate jeering astatine authorities portion signaling the events connected smartphones.
“ICE retired of Paramount. We spot you for what you are,” a pistillate announced done a megaphone. "You are not invited here."
One hand-held motion said, “No Human Being is Illegal.”
The boulevard was closed to postulation arsenic U.S. Border Patrol circulated done the area. ICE representatives did not respond instantly to email inquiries astir play enforcement activities.
Arrests by migration authorities successful Los Angeles travel arsenic President Donald Trump and his medication propulsion to fulfill promises to transportation retired wide deportations crossed the country.
On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested much than 40 radical arsenic they executed hunt warrants astatine aggregate locations, including extracurricular a covering warehouse wherever a tense country unfolded arsenic a assemblage tried to artifact agents from driving away.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the enactment was meant to “sow terror” successful the nation’s second-largest city.
In a connection connected Saturday, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons chided Bass for the city's effect to protests.
“Mayor Bass took the broadside of chaos and lawlessness implicit instrumentality enforcement,” Lyons said successful a statement. “Make nary mistake, ICE volition proceed to enforce our nation’s migration laws and apprehension transgression amerciable aliens.”
Protesters gathered Friday evening extracurricular a national detention halfway successful Los Angeles wherever lawyers said those arrested had been taken, chanting “set them free, fto them stay!”
Other protesters held signs that said “ICE retired of LA!” and led chants and shouted from megaphones. Some scrawled graffiti connected the gathering facade.
Federal agents executed hunt warrants astatine 3 locations, including a warehouse successful the manner territory of Los Angeles, aft a justice recovered determination was probable origin the leader was utilizing fictitious documents for immoderate of its workers, according to representatives for Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Advocates for migrant rights accidental radical were detained Friday by migration authorities extracurricular Home Depot stores and a doughnut shop.
