US border patrol agents carried out a raid outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles on Wednesday, with officers jumping out of an unmarked rental truck and chasing and arresting more than a dozen people. Videos of the operation, and federal officials’ statements boasting about the detentions, have raised questions about whether the US government was complying with a federal …
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Off-duty border patrol agent shot in apparent random robbery in NYC park, police say
An off-duty Customs and Border Patrol agent was shot in New York City’s Riverside Park late Saturday in an alleged robbery that did not appear to target him because of his job, police said. Miguel Mora, 21, is being investigated as a person of interest in the attempted robbery and shooting, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a …
Read More »Border patrol agent shot in NYC in apparent botched robbery, police say
NEW YORK (AP) — An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in a Manhattan park on Saturday following an apparent robbery gone wrong, New York City police and federal officials said. The 42-year-old officer was in stable condition Sunday and expected to survive. There was no indication that he was targeted because of his employment, New York …
Read More »Border Patrol raids in Sacramento intended to send message: ‘No such thing as a sanctuary state’
Border Patrol agents raided a Home Depot and other locations in Sacramento on Thursday in what appeared to be a heavily orchestrated operation intended to send a message that the Trump administration would not back down on immigration enforcement, despite legal blockades. While the raids took place miles from the state Capitol grounds, Greg Bovino, the U.S. Border chief of …
Read More »Border Patrol begins raids in Sacramento
By Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Border Patrol agents moved their operations northward Thursday to California’s capital, targeting a Home Depot in Sacramento, this time more than 500 miles away from the border. On Friday, a judge in Los Angeles ordered federal immigration agents to temporarily stop …
Read More »Border Patrol Agents Raid a Home Depot in Northern California – The New York Times
Border Patrol Agents Raid a Home Depot in Northern California The New York Times California Gov. Newsom, Sacramento-area leaders react to Border Patrol raid at Home Depot KCRA Deputies got 911 call on Sacramento immigration raid. Feds called minutes later Sacramento Bee At least 11 arrested after ICE, Border Patrol operation in Sacramento County | Updates ABC10 ‘There is no sanctuary anywhere:’ Border Patrol …
Read More »California Gov. Newsom, Sacramento-area leaders react to Border Patrol raid at Home Depot
Political leaders from both parties are weighing in after masked Border Patrol agents on Thursday raided a Home Depot parking lot in south Sacramento.U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino said on social media that one of eight people arrested for being in the country illegally had a list of convictions, including possession of narcotics with the intent to distribute. Another …
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