Immigrant advocate groups in Los Angeles in the United States gathered at MacArthur Park on Aug 12 for a 24-hour “community stoppage,” protesting ongoing raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
00:00Immigrant advocate groups in Los Angeles gathered at MacArthur Park on Tuesday for a so-called 24-hour community stoppage, protesting ongoing raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
00:15Hundreds rallied against family separations and what they described as a climate of fear under the new U.S. administration's immigration crackdown.
00:23I have family members who are car washers and it's honestly having family members, friends, you know, being in that community, it's terrifying, you know, not to know if your family members are going to come back home or you're going to see them.
00:38So that's why I get scared, man. When you federalize a police force and when you say you're trying to make example of this and letting L.A. say take notice, you're just going to show like how other evil people can use these mechanisms to hurt people.
00:49Well, we want people to kind of step out of the shadows and stop living in fear and we need the elected officials and the decision makers to support our immigrant communities and support our families because people are living in fear and we want them to feel free to express their voice and we're not going to be silenced.
01:06They urged residents to boycott businesses such as Home Depot, where ICE raids have reportedly been frequent. They also called for an end to military presence and any law enforcement cooperation with immigration authorities.
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