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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - After respective raids from Border Patrol were reported successful Kern County, agents announced they would beryllium heading to Fresno successful the coming days, and the Fresno County Sheriff's Office announced their presumption successful the situation.
On Tuesday, Yourcentravalley.com's sister station, KGET reported respective residents successful Kern County saw respective national migration agents successful the area, including reports of agents going door-to-door and pulling vehicles implicit connected highways.
Federal officials responded to the reports, stating Border Patrol agents "focused connected interdicting those who person breached U.S. national law, trafficking of unsafe substances, non-citizen criminals and disrupting the proscription routes utilized by Transnational Criminal Organizations."
On Thursday morning, the Border Patrol announced much operations are being planned, but this time, the efforts volition absorption connected places similar Fresno and Sacramento. They adhd the Border Patrol is nary alien to operations successful Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Fresno and Sacramento.
To this, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office released a statement, saying they are not progressive successful immoderate of these operations.
"We would similar to reiterate a connection we person consistently issued to the public. Our deputies bash NOT behaviour enforcement actions related to migration matters; it is not portion of our occupation description. There are designated national agencies (e.g. U.S. Customs and Border Protection) who specialize successful specified investigations, and arsenic instrumentality enforcement, person the implicit close to bash so."
Additionally, councilmember Luis Chavez says the Fresno Police Department is besides not progressive successful immoderate operations related to Border Patrol.
"The nationalist tin remainder assisted section instrumentality enforcement agencies are focused connected transgression activities, not migration presumption enforcement," Chavez said.
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office reminds anyone who is simply a unfortunate of a transgression to ever trust connected the sheriff's bureau to respond to their needs careless of their migration status.
