Protests Over Immigration Raids Spread Beyond Los Angeles
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Alarm spread through California agricultural centers Tuesday as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities were showing up at farm fields and packing houses from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley.
Immigration authorities have raided an Omaha meat production plant and detained dozens of workers. That prompted confusion from company officials who say they complied with the law and sparked protests outside the operation.
An immigration raid on Tuesday at a meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska was the "largest worksite enforcement operation" in the state during the Trump presidency, the Homeland Security Department said.
“There is no emergency, widespread threat, or out of control violence in Los Angeles,” said Rick Caruso, Los Angeles real estate developer and former president of the L.A. Police Commission, on X.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom's request was in response to a change in orders for Guard members, originally deployed to protect federal buildings. In the filing, Newsom said sending troops on immigration raids across the city would only escalate tensions and promote civil unrest.
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After a federal raid in Minneapolis spurred community unrest, the city's police department has reiterated to its rank-and-file instructions not to collaborate with federal immigration agents.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed support for the Mexican community in the United States following mass protests over raids by immigration authorities in Los Angeles .