Activists and employees of Latin origin and Asian demanded on Thursday a stop from the raids of agents Immigration and customs control service (ICE), as well as the release of some employees who were imprisoned on July 6 in the city Los -angles, Sample of solidarity, which combines two large racial minorities California
“My brother, Jose, together with the 14th community, were stolen from my community on July 6, were taken for no reason and were separated from our families for many days, most of which were factor and construction workers,” said Carlos Gonzalez, a young man born in the moose -angel of Mexican origin.
Gonzalez, along with other dozens who have relatives in the centers of detention ICE V Los -anglesThey questioned the methods of detention used by this institution in recent weeks in a state California, during protest carried out in Seoul International Park, Organized by activists of Asian and Latin American origin.
For your part, TJ Kim, Korean member of the organization Kiwa ‘World for Justice’, He condemned that this week there are two employees of one of the most popular markets in the Korean district Los -angles They were arrested by ice when they did their job.
Kim Together with another group of activists, they cataloged as “Illegal” And “Frightening” Recent ice actions that included the deployment of 90 federal agents, strongly armed on July 7 in the park MacArthur Located in the center Los -angles.
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Militarization of the city Los -angles And recent ice actions are disgusted in various sectors, such as daytime workers, migrants and the mayor themselves Karen Bass, who described the operation of the park MacArthur As a violent act.
Members Kiva They indicated that in recent months they registered the arrest of at least 1,006 migrants from various sources in Los -angles And make sure that most of the facts were committed by agents who were not identified.
During the protest, activists described in detail that workers in the car washing sector are one of the most affected immigration power, From 106 prisoners belonging to this guild were registered.
“We came from countries for situations of violence, dictatorship, corruption, climate change, and we arrive in this country, because we believe that our families deserve a better life, so we must fight to live on our streets,” said Maria Errera, migrant of Guatemal origin.
Migrant organizations require local authorities to improve safety conditions for communities, working “for the construction of the city.” They also require a search for measures to They free people who are currently delayed.
Relatives of arrested people, such as Carlos Gonzalez, They condemn that their relatives are arrested in places where they are deprived of the main needs, such as water or undergo interrogations in the open air.
This week organization Transaction records of access to access to cleaning (Trac)belonging Syracuse University In New York, he indicated in the report that ICE expanded the ability to 45 out of 181 centers of imprisonment in April in order to be able to respond to a large number of detained people.
Tract He also emphasized that some of the prisoners were sent to the centers outside the states where their families live, as in the case of the Salvador migrant Rodolfo Willoanueva, who was arrested in California, but He was sent to El -Paso, Texas.
With information EFE.
