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Pico Rivera resident describes mother’s detention and transfer to Arizona; council members offer support
Summary
A Pico Rivera resident told the council how Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained her mother in July and transferred her to Eloy Detention Center in Arizona; the council expressed support and offered to document the family’s account.
A Pico Rivera resident recounted to the City Council on Sept. 9 how federal immigration officers detained her mother in July, how the family secured bond and arranged for her release, and how the experience affected the family.
Zelzen Mendez told the council her mother, Anna Pantoja, who has lived in the United States for more than 35 years, was stopped while driving and then taken by a group of unmarked vehicles. Mendez said, “They proceeded to pull her out from the vehicle, zip tied her wrist tightly where she couldn't feel her hands from the loss of circulation, and took her away without any explanation, basically…
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