Residents still shaken a day after federal authorities march through Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park
Los Angeles (AP) – Hector Velasquez was playing cards with your friends Macarthur Park in Los Angeles Early on Monday, he walked by declaring a young man with a megaphone Federal agents were on the road. Another man passed in a car, shouted out the window, “Migration is coming!”
In the Velasquez group, people without legal status are dispersed. Others with US citizenship – like Velasquez – continued to see what would happen.
Two hours later, the federal authorities and the national guard troops came with weapons and horses. Until then, the park, which normally moves with sellers, was often empty. The activists also spread words about the raid on social media.
After sweeping the park, the convoy containing armored vehicles suddenly stayed as much as it came, Velas Velasquez said.
He described the stage once again on the parking cards on Tuesday – this time only with the citizens.
“I thought it was like a war,” said Velasquez, who was reminded of his own country El Salvador. “You just see tanks in the war.”
The Department of Internal Security would not say what the purpose of the operation was, why it suddenly ended, or whether anyone was arrested. The agency said that he would not comment on an E -Post “ongoing enforcement operations”.
However, local authorities said fear was designed for bread. Mayor Karen Bass planned a news conference on Tuesday afternoon to summarize how Los Angeles said it was illegal migration raids.
Park is the center of immigrant life
Migration in the Los Angeles region has been starting for weeks since the Trump administration has increased arrests in parking lots, home depot parking, immigration courts and a number of businesses. In MacArthur Park, an upcoming rumors were returning. The Park is home to many Mexican, Central America and other immigrant population called “Western coast Ellis Island ın by local authorities.
Located only two miles west of the city center, MacArthur Park has a ringy lake by palm trees, an amphitheater hosting the summer concerts and sports fields where migratory families are lined up on the evenings and weekends. A street on the East Side, together with Tacos and other flavors food stands, more than one language-speaking sellers and t-shirts, toys, knickknacks and household items.
Fernando Rodriguez, Weslakee neighborhood brochures that day after seeing the warning warning warning on Monday closed the various stores near the park.
“You look Latino, they take you. Even if you show paper, they say they are fake,” he said. “What they do is evil.”
He was open again on Tuesday, but he said that nearby businesses, including Perulu and Thai restaurants, were silent in weeks since the start of federal pressures.
“There’s no one anymore,” he said, pointing to the street and said that a sunny morning would usually be full of pedestrians.
Group warned about the execution action
Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spokesman for the Humanitarian Migration Coalition in Los Angeles, said that there were rumors that there was rumors around Macarthur Park, and the La Rapid intervention network was watching the region on Monday on Monday.
Network sends observers who communicate through the messaging application signal. Cabrera said the group generally did not publish content to the public or run its own website.
He said on Tuesday that the streets surrounding the park are unusual in recent weeks, he said. Step-up was not sure whether they left the region because of concerns about the migration raids.
“This was a reality show to scare Los Angeles, Cabrera said Cabrera. “This was the attempt to show that the military power of the administration caused as much chaos as possible, reminded Angelenos that he was responsible for the President and could cause terror at any time.”
Since June, more than 4,000 California national guards and hundreds of US sailors have been deployed in Los Angeles – California Gov. Against Gavin Newsom’s wishes. Last week, the army announced 200 of this soldier would be returned to the units to fight fires.
Trump promised to deport millions of immigrants in the United States and The country’s desire to use the military power of the country In the ways when other US presidents typically avoid.
Melisa Doag, a undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, who sold jewelry from a stand near the park, said that she did not plan to stay in the US for a longer period of time, given the political climate. The authority prefers to leave its own conditions rather than deportation.
“I have only been here for two years and they want to send me back anyway, Deag said Deag. “I do not want to treat guilty.”
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Associated Press journalists Damian Dovarganes, Orange County in Los Angeles, Amy Taxin in California contributed to this report.
