Man Killed Fleeing Immigration Raid At California Home Depot
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Montoya Valdez’s identity was confirmed by the Guatemalan consulate, said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, who was at the Home Depot parking lot in Monrovia on Friday. Montoya Valdez is from Jutiapa, Guatemala, he said.
Immigration raids have slowed since a federal judge temporarily barred agents from targeting people solely based on race, language, vocation or location. But some higher-profile sweeps have returned at Home Depot locations,
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FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSNVideo shows ICE raid at LA Home Depot; 16 arrested
Federal authorities said MS-13 gang members have a "chokehold" on the area near MacArthur Park where the raid took place.
Advocates were planning a vigil for Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, 52, at the Home Depot site of the raid. DHS officials said they were not targeting the man.
ICE agents used a Penske rental truck as a “Trojan Horse”" before a raid at a Home Depot in Los Angeles. In a statement, Penske said the company was not made aware of the operation. NBC News Senior Homeland Security Correspondent Julia Ainsley reports more details.
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San Gabriel Valley Tribune on MSNVigil mourns man killed on freeway after ICE enforcement at Monrovia Home Depot
Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez was a 52-year-old from Guatemala. He lived in Arcadia, official said. The throng gathered Friday at the Monrovia Home Depot to mourn him and to call for an end to the Trump Administration’s recent amped-up immigration enforcement.
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