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(NewsNation) — Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Wednesday the region volition comply with national migration enforcement if presented with due warrants, criticizing the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" raids arsenic federal overreach.
"If the national authorities successful Los Angeles County presents america with a national warrant, our sheriff volition perfectly unfastened the jailhouse up and crook implicit the convicted criminals that are successful our custody," Hahn said connected NewsNation's "Elizabeth Vargas Reports."
She said that Sheriff Robert Luna volition grant the existing statement to cooperate with national authorities erstwhile due ineligible procedures are followed.
Hahn accused the Trump administration of conducting "irresponsible raids" that impact cornering radical successful cars, chasing workplace workers crossed fields and pursuing time laborers with weapons drawn.
"This is not a mode to enforce migration policies," Hahn said.
She said the tactics person created fearfulness and anxiousness successful migrant communities portion representing a departure from the administration's archetypal committedness to people lone convulsive criminals and pack members.
The supervisor defended the majority of protesters, saying they are demonstrating against what they presumption arsenic national overreach alternatively than supporting amerciable immigration.
She noted that District Attorney Nathan Hochman reported lone astir a twelve arrests for unit retired of astir 4,000 protesters implicit caller days, with 203 arrests Monday nighttime being for nonaccomplishment to disperse aft a curfew alternatively than convulsive acts.
Hahn said the protests are concentrated successful conscionable 1 quadrate mile of Los Angeles, a metropolis covering 500 quadrate miles wrong LA County's 4,000 quadrate miles.
She criticized the deployment of federalized California National Guard troops and active-duty Marines, calling it "theater" that costs taxpayers astir $134 million.
The supervisor joined California's politician successful a national lawsuit seeking an injunction to halt subject deployments, which is scheduled to beryllium heard Thursday. She said migrant families successful her territory are suffering, with galore acrophobic to be religion services oregon precocious schoolhouse graduations.
When asked astir Mexican flags being waved astatine protests and American flags being burned, Hahn said it doesn't fuss her fixed LA County's divers migrant population.
She disquieted specified displays mightiness wounded the protesters' cause, which she described arsenic asking the national authorities to halt unacceptable enforcement tactics.
