Los Angeles Times: Schools to open with unprecedented protections for children and their parents amid ICE raids

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Los Angeles public schools are opening Thursday for the new academic year confronting an intense and historically unique moment: They will be operating in opposition to the federal government’s immigration raids and have set in motion aggressive moves to protect children and their immigrant parents...Trump administration policy is that no location — including a school — is off limits for…

Los Angeles Times: ICE processing center is all but empty when California Congress members arrive to inspect

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On Monday, the Congress members got their first look at the basement facility known as B-18. But Reps. Brad Sherman, Judy Chu and Jimmy Gomez said that they were left with more questions than answers — and accused the government of sanitizing the center. “They wanted to show us nothing,” said Gomez, whose district includes downtown L.A. “It was nothing, it was…

CNN: Rep. Gomez Discusses ICE Raids in MacArthur Park in Downtown Los Angeles

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Watch full video here Representative Jimmy Gomez joins CNN's Jessica Dean to discuss the outrage in Los Angeles after dozens of federal immigration agents in tactical gear and accompanied by National Guard troops, swarmed McArthur Park. They appeared to arrive in armored vehicles, by horseback and also on foot yesterday.…

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