Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. When immigration agents raided a fast-fashion warehouse a mile from Santee Education Complex in Los Angeles earlier this month, the tension in the school was palpable. That...
The BBC’s Carl Nasman in Los Angeles explains how an increase in immigration raids as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort has sparked protests in cities across the US. After some turned violent, President Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops as well as hundreds of US Marines to LA to maintain...
Demonstrators in a number of other US cities have joined Los Angeles in protesting over raids by immigration authorities under US President Donald Trump. Protesters were filmed on Monday in cities including Boston, Houston and Philadelphia, as demonstrations entered their fourth day in Los Angeles. Trump sent another 2,000 National Guard troops to LA –...
US President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen in Los Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants. His border czar, Tom Homan, told Fox News on Saturday: “We are making Los Angeles safer.” The Californian city saw a second day of unrest on Saturday as residents of a predominantly Latino district...
US riot police and protesters clashed in downtown Los Angeles following federal immigration raids across the city in which dozens of people were reportedly taken into custody. A Homeland Security Investigation Spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times that federal agents were executing search warrants related to the harbouring of people illegally in the country. Security...
Protests over ICE raids are continuing across the United States as agents arrest immigrants at courthouses, from their workplaces, on the way to school and more. Immigration and human rights advocate Adriana Jasso with Unión del Barrio describes protests that met a massive raid in San Diego at a popular restaurant, the targeting of farmworkers,...
Twenty-five people have been arrested in early morning raids across France in response to a wave of coordinated attacks on prisons and the homes of prison officers in April. Raids are taking place across the country on Monday including in the capital Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux in the south, and the city of Lyon. French...
Thousands of illegal cigarettes have been taken off Devon and Somerset’s streets as part of a major operation. Trading Standards South West (TSSW) and police officers visited 50 premises across the region during a week of action from 10 to 14 March. The crackdown – part of Operation CeCe – seized 127,371 illegal cigarettes, 65.94kg...