Luis Chavez reports work absences after Central Valley immigration raids

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Following reports of Border Patrol agents sighting successful the Central Valley, Fresno District 3 Supervisor Luis Chavez sent a connection declaring the national agents' actions are causing much than "fear" wrong the migrant community.

At the opening of the week, respective Border Patrol sightings were reported successful Kern County, according to Yourcentralvalley.com's sister presumption KGET. Since then, the Border Patrol announced Thursday greeting much operations are to come, specifically successful places similar Fresno and Sacramento.

As a effect of these operations, District 3 Supervisor Luis Chavez says, portion they recognize the absorption is connected radical with transgression records, these operations are "causing fear, anxiousness and disorder wrong our migrant community," and adds determination person been "reports of absences wrong places of employment, agricultural, nutrient processing plants, businesses and aesculapian facilities" arsenic a result.

Families and children are presently surviving successful fear, confused and uncertain astir sending children to school. We recognize the absorption is connected radical with transgression records and we enactment those efforts. However, successful that effort, guiltless bystanders are getting caught up successful this wide attack and we are asking CBP to support their absorption connected the transgression constituent and guarantee moving men and women, guiltless children are not collateral harm successful their operation.

Chavez adds section instrumentality enforcement, specified arsenic Fresno Police and the county's sheriff's office, are not progressive successful immoderate operations related to "these migration sweeps." The Fresno County Sheriff's Office encourages the nationalist to telephone instrumentality enforcement if they are victims of a crime, careless of their migration status.