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Community leaders urge Los Angeles to strengthen safeguards after masked immigration operation near Little Tokyo
Summary
During public comment at the Aug. 15 City Council meeting, community leaders and museum staff described a recent immigration enforcement operation near Little Tokyo that they said involved masked agents and rifles, called for stronger local protections and reminded the council of the city’s sanctuary resolution.
Community leaders, museum staff and immigrant-rights organizers told the Los Angeles City Council on Aug. 15 that a recent immigration enforcement operation near Little Tokyo involved masked agents who detained a person outside a cultural institution and left members of the neighborhood shaken.
Speakers said the incident occurred during a public commemoration and accused federal immigration agents of aggressive behavior. At the meeting, representatives of Nikkei Progress (Nikkei Progresos in the transcript) and staff from a museum of Japanese American history described rapid-response outreach and asked the council for stronger local protections for immigrants.
"No tenían orden de haber esto ni podían identificar los cargos, pero persiguieron a la primera persona que habían visto," said a representative speaking for…
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