According to reports by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Immigration & Customs Enforcement known as ICE are looking for about 1,500 undocumented people in the Bay area.
ICE is planning to raid the Bay area
Government is targeting "sanctuary cities" with sweeps.
Un agente de ICE en un raid realizado a principios de febrero en California.
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ICE told the Chronicle that they can neither deny or confirm that the raids are indeed true or when they will possibly happen.
We need to take direct action to prevent American immigration officers from laying a hand on any California residents. ICE must not be permitted to run free conducting roundups in the Bay Area, or anywhere else in the Republic of California. We need to send ICE out of California.
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California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra said that they will be procecuting businesses who help immigration sweeps.
“It’s important, given these rumors that are out there, to let people know – more specifically today, employers – that if they voluntarily start giving up information about their employees or access to their employees in ways that contradict our new California laws, they subject themselves to actions by my office,” state Attorney General Xavier Becerra said at a news conference. “We will prosecute those who violate the law.”