001United States Cold USC Title 8. The U The USC deals with aliens and nationality encompassing a wide range of federal laws covering immigration, nationality, and related matters. Title 1325 means, if I can read it out to you, outlines offenses related to improper entry by aliens into the United States. Pretty much what that means is that um when somebody comes in to the United States in between a port of entry without without being expected inspected and you get arrested, you automatically become a 1325. That's a misdemeanor. Um you most people are usually they they go back home they get sent back home if they don't have any u any criminal records in the United States and they're not being sought by any other law enforcement agencies. Next please. Title 8 section 1326 of the United States
002code 8 USC 1326 also known as the re-entry of removed alien law makes it a federal crime for non-citizen who has been denied admission excluded deported or removed from the United States to subsequently enter attempt to enter or be found in a country without proper authorization. So, this is a big one because um it it'll follow it'll follow the 1325. Pretty much what that means is if you come in the country in between port of entries, you get arrested, you get sent back home. Now, if you come back again now, you become a 1326. Um so, it's it's a you know, it's a little bit different. You'll probably be doing some jail time for that. due process for immigration not first thing is notice of hearing hearing before immigration judge decision and appeal due processing
003your somebody gets arrested they automatically have their fingerprints for photos background check oh exp removal Expire room hearing pretty much means that that um you can ask to be to be sent back to your home country um ex as fast as uh the government can send you back. But that's uh up to the person if they want to go that route or they want to fight a case. Enter without inspection or non prior lawful status 100 miles of the border within 14 days. That's changed because of what's going on nowadays. So, we're going to refrain from from that one. Immigration court, if you if the person uh wants to fight their case, they're going to be held they're going to be detained until until the uh court hearing. So the way it works is immigration
004court notice to appear or if you're if the person is is is released they'll probably put a a GPS system on them and they have to show up to court proceedings retain an attorney or one could be uh provided by them by the US government present evidence request relief immigration relief, asylum, cancellation of removal, and immigration bond. Asylum, most people um used to claim asylum, but now it's difficult to get asylum because people were were abusing it. So, to get asylum, it's pretty hard to to prove why you want to be in the States or or what's back in your home country that you can't return. Cancellation. Can you go back? Cancellation or removal. A judge can say we're not going to deport you. You can stay here under some certain conditions. Immigration bonds. They're
005not doing that right now as what I understand. Um but it's it's pretty much uh pay a bond, you release until your next court date. How do I contact ICE to get more information about immigration bond live train operators are available Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p p.m. Saturday and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. 5:00 pm. Anyone can call and get advice from this from this office. The number is 213 6275164. While on ICE detention center, immigration bonds could be could be uh um could be given to the person. Request for bomb before immigration judge be released on parole or other detention. Some would not get the bomb based on their records. And that's what I was saying before that uh Depending on on the individual's uh criminal record, they might not get
006a bond or they might just get removed. ICE detainees online ICE locator system. When someone gets arrested by or detained by ICE or Border Patrol, the first thing that happens, the person will get an an alien number, alien registration number will consist of nine numbers. That number stays with that person for the rest of their life unless they become a US citizen. Full legal name and do must be given upon detention because sometimes people will give the a fake name and there'll be there'll be process under that name and it will just create a mess for for the government to uh keep track of people. So I will always suggest that if anybody gets arrested, please give them the real name and real date of birth because it's if you don't, it's only going to
007it's going to hurt the individual. Calling the facility uh would not help and that means that people will uh family members will call the facility to get information about the detainee and 99% of the time they won't get that information. uh they have to go online and u use that alien number and name and do ob to uh search for the uh for the individual. SB54 immigration privacy protection. The law limits the sharing of personal information home or work address with ICE. Unless information is given already publicly available, um the US government, especially Homeland Security, they're not allowed to give any information outside of the uh agency and sometimes even to the family members. Limitation on ICE holds. It prohibits law enforcement from holding an individual past their schedule release date specifically for immigration authorities.
008Um when I was an agent, the location I used to work where we cannot hold anybody for more than 12 hours. So 12 hours was the limit. It might have changed right now but where I was working at 12 hours was the uh the amount of time that we can keep a detainee uh we would either return him uh she back to the native country or to another um facility awaiting um um the next hearing. Establish safe places. It aims to ensure that public institutions like schools, hospitals, courouses are safe for people that regard regardless of the immigration status. That's pretty much means that the the agent the uh the agency cannot cannot go into these places and arrest somebody in these safe places. Now what they can do is they can wait for the
009individual to to leave the safe place and and conduct a uh consensual encounter. That's the that's legal. Hello everybody. This is CEO Miguel Sanchez. We want to discuss a little bit on SB54 and just uh let the viewers know that local law enforcement is not proving any information to HSI, ICE or any federal agencies when it comes to deportations. SP54 was created to establish safe places and limit on iceholds and you know privacy concerns and don't think that if you get stopped by the police that the police department or the sheriff's department is going to contact ICE and and provide your information regarding a a police uh or any law enforcement contact that you may have. >> Thank you, Miguel. ICE interactions. We have a short video here, I believe. So, when somebody is contacted
010by ICE, the first thing they should do is remain calm and do not run, argue, resist, obstruct officers. Uh, that's very important because I've seen videos that that the agents the agents would uh would appear somewhere like maybe Home Depot and then people start running. When people start running, it gives the the agents reasonable suspicion to go after them. Why are they running? Uh so the best thing to do is stand there and talk to them. Be calm. Ask officers to identify themselves and their agency. Most agents do have their badges that say ICE or they have a patch in their back that says police ICE or maybe police. But um I I'm pretty sure that nowadays they they have to have something that says ICE in their in their on their vest to identify
011them. But you can always ask to to to let them see let you see credentials which means badge and ID. Do not provide false informations or documents. And that's something I touched on earlier. Um, when you provide force information, that creates uh creates a problem because now you're lying to the agent and and most of all, when your family's trying to find uh the individual, it's difficult because they gave a false name. Now the the family members are looking for Jose Via but the person's name is Jose Diaz you know so it makes it hard so it's best not to give uh force information like that if stop in public ask am I free to go there's an option if conferred you're you're calm leave if not remain silent and request a lawyer so that
012pretty much means that you know you get a you get approached by an agent and and you just stand there. They'll asking you questions. What's your immigration status? What you where you were born at? Um you don't have to say anything. You stay there calmly. You don't have to say anything. Um if they want to continue investigate, that's on them. But for the most part, you can say, "Am I free to leave?" And the only answer that they have to have is yes, you're free to leave because you have done nothing. You committed no crime in front of them, no fing misdemeanors. Consider consider documenting details or recording interaction if legally permissible. So, if you're in public, you have the right to um to video any any uh any interactions with with a agents. But
013if you're like in a federal court or or even in the uh in a facility where where the agents work there, you're not allowed to film. when in public, you're allowed to film. So, I do recommend that you um anybody will have some sort of a form nowadays and and video. Just want to go over what you see here is a video. We're having a little difficulty playing the video, but in this in this situation, the Los Angeles Police Department was called to an incident that occurred in Los Angeles. They received phone calls from both parties, residents that were concerned of these mass men, what they describe as kidnapping people. And you also received phone calls or they received phone calls from ICE agents who were being surrounded by crowds as they were trying to
014conduct an operation. Local law enforcement, like we mentioned earlier, is not involved. They're just there to keep the peace. They will approach officers or agents or whoever these individuals are in tactical vest and make sure that their credentials are proper. They look at their badges and their patches and they are made aware of what is happening in that moment, but they're not made aware prior to these incidents. local federal agencies are not contacting local police departments when these ICE raids or these investigations are taking place. Therefore, they're blindsided when these vehicles of ICE agents and Border Patrol agents are coming into your communities. Local law enforcement does have to take action and keep the peace. So, if any individual is getting in the way of their investigation, they have to step in and and obviously
015detain them or or stop them from any actions of hurting ICE agents and potentially hurt or cause harm to the person that they're trying to detain. Now, they're not assisting in any way or matter. They're just keeping the peace and they're making sure that these agents are who they say they are. So, it's very important to understand that law enforcement is not the bad guys. They're not out there, you know, sharing information or deporting people. They're just there to make sure that the community is safe, that everyone is unharmed during these ICE operations. Thank you, Miguel. >> So, we also with that slideshow or I'm sorry, with that picture or that video that we're trying to show you, there's a penal code 148. So if people do for some reason intervene with any of their
016investigations and local law enforcement steps in they ask the public to step back, the public needs to understand that they they are getting a they're they're getting the the um information uh from local law enforcement or ICE agents. However, they have to take responsibility and action and if people intervene, then they have to arrest them under Penal Code 148 because under 148 makes it a crime to willfully resist, delay, obstruct any public officer, peace officer, or emergency medical technician, EMT, in the performance of their duties. That means that actions like struggling with an officer during an arrest, refusing to comply with their lawful commands, or interfering with an EMT's access to a patient can be charged under this section. So, when someone's being taken into custody, if they're if they're injured and people are getting
017involved and they need to render aid, that's also under 148. Now, on the federal side, I'll let Joey go ahead and uh discuss uh US the USC code >> 18 USC 111 assaulting or resisting or impeding certain officers or employees. General whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 114 of this title while engaging or on account of the performance of official duties. So it pretty much means that that you know ICE agents are conducting investigation or they may be detaining somebody or they may be um about to serve a warrant. Anybody who who interferes with that is subject to arrest. um whether whether the person is a United States citizen or not, they're subject to arrest. So, the best thing is let them do their job. If
018anybody needs to record it, record it. But do not interfere with the investigations because you're probably going to go get arrested. >> Are their stories different? Are they similar? >> Well, so look, what ICE is saying is that they basically knew who at least one of the people in the car was. uh that this was a person who they had tried to place a detainer on when they were in uh the custody of the local sheriff's department. Um and ICE has the authority to perform warrantless arrests, right? The way that most law enforcement does. If they have probable cause to believe somebody is in the United States viol violating immigration laws, they can try to affect an arrest and they can try to use reasonable force to affect that arrest. That is what I is
019saying happened in this I want to see a warrant. Most arrests that are going on in the streets are warrantless arrests. They're just they're being made because the agent is conducting investigation. They do immigration inspection. Person will say, "I'm a noncitizen." They don't need an arrest to uh they don't need a a warrant to make that arrest. Federal warrants are arrest refers to the act of detaining a person by a federal law enforcement officer without formal arrest warrant issued by a judge or magistrate. Um when an ICE agent knocks on someone's door, they may they should have an im administrative warrant and it's not signed by a judge. It's usually signed by a supervisor or the head of the office. Um so that's all it takes. Now judicial warrants are different because they don't most
020of the time they don't need to knock on the door or they can follow somebody and make that arrest is a is a stronger warrant. It holds a lot of water on there. Probable cause through various means of include various means including police officer obser observation. An officer directly observing suspicious activities or evidence of a crime. Witness statement information from victim's eyewitness or informants deemed credible and reliable. Informant tips are corroborated by additional evidence. Anonymous tips can be contribute to establishing probable cause. Physical evidence such as fingerprints, DNA, or other tangible object linked to a to a crime. Preliminary investigators, evidence gathered during the initial stages of the investigation. So there there's various ways that that an agent could could get probable cause of making arrest. And these are them right here. I'm sure there's
021a couple of more since we made this slide. Next slide, sir. Regional suspicion. I touched that on that earlier. Is a legal standard by used by immigration and custom enforcements. ICE agents and other federal law enforcement that fall below the probable cause required for an arrest to make for an arrest or full search. So that pretty much means like I said earlier um agents roll up on a on Home Depot and everybody starts running. That's probable cause right there to uh to go after that person. So like I said before, stand there, talk to the agent. You got a good chance that you know you'll tell them, "Hey, am I free to go?" um and they're going to say yes and you can continue on your day. It is based specific specific articulable facts that
022lead to reasonable officer to believe that an individual has committed or is committing or is about to commit a crime or in the context of ICE immigration violations. Um, so that that right there just, you know, with all those four or five things right there and it's good enough for for an agent to have reasonable suspicion to to detain somebody and do an immigration inspection and eventually make an arrest. >> Joey, I just want to touch a little bit on reasonable suspicion, you know, for the law enforcement aspect. Uh if an officer is, you know, working at 2 o'clock in the morning, he sees an individual looking into a building, you know, possibly casing it to burglarize it or a vehicle, that officer has result suspicion to stop that person. Now, what ICE agents are
023doing today is they are using their re reasonable suspicion as individuals who are running away from them as they arrive on scene. As you see in this picture, this is a Home Depot parking lot. A lot of these agents are driving their vehicles into a parking lot where they're looking for one specific individual and as soon as they arrive, other people that are just minding their own business or, you know, walk walking through the parking lot observe them and they get scared. So when they are frightened, they run away. To them, that's reasonable suspicion. So we encourage people not to run. If you're in an area where you see an ICE agent, just go through your day, okay? Because if you run to ICE and to border patrol, that is reasonable suspicion. And you have
024to understand that border patrol agents don't normally work in cities. They work somewhere where their borders at near a port. So their duties are a lot different than local authorities such as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the local police department. So when ICE agents or mainly border patrol agents come and see that you running, they're going to chase you because that's what they're used to doing at the border. When people cross the border illegally and they see an agent, they run. So the public sees an agent and begin to run and they're going to do exactly the same thing that they do at the border and start chasing individuals. So we encourage people to refrain from running. Just act normal. If you're stopped, tell them your name. And like Joey mentioned earlier, ask
025them if you're free to leave. If they have no reasonable suspicion or probable cause to be detained, you don't answer any questions. And we'll go over more of this later on throughout the presentation. And you go about your day. And if they have no reason to legally detain you, you will be free. Thank you, Joey. >> Thank you, Miguel. And he's uh absolutely right because when I was a border patrol agent, I worked in the field and that's what we did. we see somebody in the field, they see us, they run. First of all, they're not supposed to be there, but just by running, you know, we're going to go after you. So, that's what's that's what they're doing in in the cities. Um, treating it like they're they're back in the field. Your Supreme
026Court immigration raids Supreme Court has temporarily sided with Trump's immigration enforcement strate strategy allowing rays in Los Angeles to continue. Let me hit on that one one second. So this this whole thing started back in June of 2024. And of course, uh, people, other politicians would would would try to stop it. But like it says here, the Supreme Court sided with Trump, and that's why it's continuing. I don't know how long we don't know how long this is going to last. Um, it's not going to last forever, but I can tell you that when that stops, um, ICE is still going to be around. They're not going to go anywhere. They're going to be around. Um, so this opens the door for race, language, or type of job to influence who agent stops, who agent
027stop. So that's kind of like uh profiling, okay? Profiling should not be going on whether border patrol, law enforcement, or ICE. But like that slide says, it opens the door for agents to uh to to start investigating people just by the way they look, where they work at. Unfortunately, some agents do that. Not all agents do that, but some some do. Next slide, please. What will continue is race, ethnicity alone cannot justify stopping someone. But race, language, or type of job can be considered as a factor among others when deciding who to stop. That's going back to what I was saying earlier. Um, profiling, not all agents do it, but some do. databases system, biometric identity databases. When someone gets arrested, first thing they do is take a get back to the to the station
028to the office and get fingerprinted pictures. They'll be assigned an uh FBI number uh because of that arrest and and if they don't have a alien registration number, one will be um one will be given to that person. But that information stays with within Homeland Security uh department forever. This pretty much what I just covered the Ident Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology. So I've seen it. I've seen it around um especially in the airports where right before you board a plane. I did it uh last year and right before I go into the to the little tunnel, a picture was taken of me and that's records. they're just keeping records. So those records will stay as everybody knows uh technology is extremely advanced especially with the US government. So those records will stay um within within
029Homeland Security fingerprints and and bio data. I mentioned that earlier that also will stay with the individual who's been apprehended, detained and jailed. Share. And it's also shared by the FBI and ICE. They do work together um pretty much every every three-letter agency within the US government uh with permission from from from each other's uh um bosses that can they can share um information, but it's it's not it's not that easy. Um you have to submit some paperwork. Uh for example, if I was still working for ICE and I need some information for the DEA, um it's not that easy. I can't just call them and and say, "I need this information on this person." Um, there's paperwork, a lot of paperwork that has to go through before I I'm able to get that information.
030Facial recognition system, and that's what I was mentioning earlier with the cameras. Um, nowadays, you can't go anywhere without a without seeing a camera. I'm looking at probably 10 and where I'm at right now. Um, so that's used again, uh, somebody commits a crime and they they, you know, they go apply for a job or whatever, facial recognition is shared. Um so depending on the on the crime that the individual committed that information will eventually will get to the uh to the US government. The federal government utilizes uh facial recognitions technology as an investigative to for law enforcement purposes focusing on national security intelligence and public safety activities. That's the only reason why why um why why the US government has that agents cannot and I stress this cannot um go on a database and
031and get information off their neighbor because they think they're they're illegal. That's you know that's not they not allowed to do that. >> And Joey, I just want to touch a little bit on facial recognition local this is a great tool for local law enforcement. It's it's a great tool for all law enforcement. It helps us catch bad guys, but we want to reassure the community that we're not sharing any type of facial recognition with ICE. Everything is internal database that's used for the department. So even amongst other agencies, if you work for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, they have their own database. LAPD has their own database. CHB has their own. So if you want to share information, you have to contact each other. So people are confused thinking that local law enforcement
032is is sharing this recognition system with ICE and they are not. So we just wanted to make that clear. >> Yeah, there's some strong punishment that goes down if if any agency breaks that rule and that's why I said earlier uh there's a a lot of paperwork that needs to be filled out and approved before you can get that information from another agency. >> FBI just proved that they can find you from any photo online and what they do next is terrifying. This is Jacob Hoops, a 24-year-old college grad at an ICE protest. FBI had photos of a suspect in a pink gas mask, but they didn't know who he was. So, they took a picture of him from a news site and fed it into facial recognition software and instantly got a match from
033his college photo album online. That's how they got his name. Then, armed agents swarmed his house, dragging him and his housemates outside in their underwear. And here's the most terrifying part. The FBI used commercially available software, not some secret government tool. This was a tool anyone can use. Your face is now your fingerprint, and you can't wipe it clean. These agents will soon be able to identify you just by scanning your eyeball. It's a system called Morris and it will work using their phones. Point it at your eye for one second and it captures over 265 unique points from your iris. It's more precise than your fingerprint. The moment they scan you, they get instant access to a national database with your arrest history, warrants, and immigration status. And here's the most terrifying part. Unlike
034a face which can be hidden by a mask. Your iris pattern is unique and unchangeable. 404 media reports ICE is preparing to give a soul source contract I squared for this technology. Once you're scanned, you're in their system permanently. The surveillance state isn't coming. It's staring you right in the eye. So just to touch on that dat's That's one in your car. You shall comply system. because these databases are extremely accurate. Usually the devices stay right unless they have a administrative warrant on the door at home. Remain silent. If you open the door, not allowed to go in your house because it's just an administrative warrant. Now, they're going to ask, "Can I enter your home?" Okay. Now, once you say yes, if there's anybody else in there who does is undocumented, they're going to
035they're going to investigate and they're going to arrest the people, including the person who uh they're looking for. So, um be sure you want to let them in. Okay. um remain silent if of questions. You're not required to answer any questions about your immigration status. Okay? And that goes back to what I said earlier. Uh you get approached by an agent, they'll let they'll do an immigration um inspection. It's up to you whether you want to tell them um if you have documents or not. But just uh just be aware that once you um start talking, they're not going to stop until they get their answer. Do not sign anything without speaking to an attorney. That happens a lot. A lot of people uh they start signing paperwork without knowing what they're signing and most
036of the time they they're signing they're signing their their way back home back to their native country. So um if the person has a a chance to speak to a lawyer before anything just u speak to the lawyer they'll direct you. The right lawyer will tell you the right thing to do. Legal avenues asylum. We touched on that earlier. That's pretty hard to get nowadays because some people have been abusing it, but it's always a good tool if uh if you do have fear of going back to your home country. But you you got to have strong proof about that. U visa usually for for victims. Uh for example, uh husband and wife get uh get into a fight and the husband um assaults the wife and they're both um undocumented. Now, the wife has
037the ability and the right to get a U visa to stay in the country until until the um the hearings and the court proceedings are over. Now, it's up to the US government if they want to want to send the person back home. Usually, I' i've known I've known cases that people allowed to stay and they'll get a temporary visa. Um the the VAWA victims for domestic violence, that's what I was talking about earlier. Um what is that? I'm not going to touch on the uh the S SIJS for minors because that's being changed as we speak at right now. But temporary protective status, TPS, um I remember about eight months ago, maybe eight months, a year ago, uh when I heard that the Venezuelans temporary status was have been to withdraw um because of
038all the gambling members that are coming into the United States. So that temporary status when people get it, that's when you're allowed to uh to uh to find some avenues to uh to become a legal resident or citizen of the United States. So you have some time to do that. So most people they they they get that that status and they do nothing about it. And what happened last year, you know, they stopped it. So a lot of people had to go back home or got deported back to Venezuela. To be honest, I know a few my friends that that went back to Venezuela because of that. Family or employmentbased petitions. Um, if you are undocumented, but you have a son or daughter who was born in the United States and is and it's uh
03921 years or older, they're allowed to petition for for for status for the parents. A lot of people don't know that either. Um, avoid risky situation. avoid arrest by staying away from illegal activity or anything that may result in police contact, driving without license, public disturbance. So, I've seen this a lot. Um, and I've come across it a lot when I was an agent. Um, people that that know they're undocumented, I've seen them go to work, go home with no license. I've seen that. I've seen it all. But I also seen that those same people during the weekends, they like to go out and party and drive drunk and eventually get pulled over and then that's where all the trouble starts. So if you can if anybody can avoid those situations, avoid them because you're
040just looking to get um you're looking to get arrested, you know, and that's what we don't want. always have a valid ID on you, preferably from your home country passport counselor if you're undocumented. I used to see the the Matricola cars a lot every time um um I would I would encounter somebody and that's the ID they would give me. Now, it's not necessarily probable cause, but it will tell us that this person doesn't have any any other ID because they're undocumented. That's the only ID they have, the Micola car. So, so an agent will see that and immediately start searching the person on on the databases that we talked about before and eventually comes out that this person is undocumented. We can't find him in our system. >> We have a short video coming
041up. >> Developing tonight, tensions boil over in Downey as residents surround and confront Border Patrol agents detaining two landscapers. Fox 11's Gina Civil live with new details. Gina, >> that's right. This is the neighborhood where residents sprang into action on Saturday morning. I'll make it very clear they did not interfere with an operation, but they did make their presence known and their objections. >> Don't tell them nothing. Ice is here. When Downey resident Victor Korea saw Border Patrol agents attempting to detain two local landscapers on Saturday morning, he began shouting, alerting the entire neighborhood. >> Hey, how would you like if we came to your neighborhood? I live right here. My daughter LIVES RIGHT THERE. BRO, >> DON'T POINT THAT GUN ON ME. I'M NOT DOING NOTHING. >> Waking up and seeing ice in your
042front yard is tough. And so I wanted to make sure that I, you know, made as much noise as possible to bring attention to the situation. >> Other residents came outside and began urging the agents to leave the landscapers alone. >> Just leave them alone. >> They live right here, man. >> Just leave them. Just leave them. You That's right. >> That's something that I just can't stand for. Um, I grew up in this city for 38 years and I've never had to worry about carrying identification. I mean, who wants to live like that? That's not the America that I was taught. >> All over the country, stops like these are being captured on camera. >> Do you have an ID on you, ma'am? >> I don't need ID to walk around in in my
043city. Supreme Court rulings have given Border Patrol and ICE authority to stop and question people as long as the encounters are constitutional and there is no excessive force. >> If they engage in tactics such as going up and tackling people without speaking to them first, that's a violation of the United States Constitution. >> Civil rights attorney James de Simone says if you are a US citizen, clearly state that to the agents and repeat it if necessary, but you are not required to answer additional questions. If you are not a US citizen, he advises carrying documentation. >> People who are at risk, naturalized citizens, people who might have some sort of an accent. Does it make sense? I mean, do I have colleagues that are telling their parents, "Walk around with your passports?" Yes. Even if
044they're naturalized United States citizens because you don't want to be detained by these guys because the conditions of confinement are so horrific. Back in Downey, Victor Korea says agents never ask the landscapers for documentation and try to put them in their vehicles. One reportedly has a green card, the other a work permit. Neighbors believe their intervention made all the difference. >> I just get a lot of people telling me that they're proud of me and but I didn't do anything that I would that my parents didn't teach me to do. And I'm just proud of my community for coming together. The two landscapers were back at work today and incredibly grateful to this Downey community. Now, Victor Korea says if you want to help, you can certainly do so. You can start recording any encounter
045that you come across. Make sure you voice your concerns, but do not interfere. I'll send it back to you in the studio. So, Gina, with those agents that were there, did they have a convoy of agents with them or was it just one or two vehicles? >> There were two vehicles and it looked as if there were four to five agents that were here. >> All right. Well, people are documenting that everywhere. Thank you so much. >> Joey, can you talk a little bit about this video? I know you did, you know, you work for both uh Border Patrol and ICE. And during your 32 years of service, did you ever encounter anything like this? >> I have. And I tell you, unfortunately, I I detained several because they didn't have IDs on them. Okay?
046And the reason why just like this this man over here, reason why they didn't have the idea is because they're afraid to lose it. I get that. Okay, I get that. Eventually, I had I had a release to people and and write a memo about it. Cops know what that is. Um, but I always recommend if you have legal documents, you're afraid to lose them because of your job, you may, you know, you have a job that you potentially could lose your wallet or anything else, take a picture of your documents. Leave it on your phone. Okay? Leave it on your phone because just by showing the agent and that's happened. I I counted that as well. You know, people would show me on the phone. So, what I'll do is I'll get the information.
047I run the information just to make sure that this is all valid and release him, you know. Have a good day, sir. Ma'am, but apparently this this guys didn't have them and that's what happened. Okay, that all could have been avoided, right? Um I believe the agents were, you know, a little rough with this with these two guys, but um fortunately, you know, >> and you know, we tell the community, don't get involved, right? Don't don't try to intervene by touching the agent or touching the people, which in this situation here in this video, I mean, it's it's crystal clear that the the man uh Victor, he did not approach the agents to intervene. He he was telling him, "Hey, please stop. Leave him alone. He's a resident." Another lady got involved who knows them
048and and pleaded with them and and told them, you know, they have legal status, right? Okay. So during that entire incident, they are telling the agents that they're here legally. And I think um the agents after speaking to after whatever words were exchanged, they realized that one maybe they were in the wrong, they made a mistake. We don't know exactly what was their their train of thought during that time, but they left the men alone. So, it's very important to carry credentials with you today because that's one thing uh that the community is definitely in fear of of getting picked up. And if you have your passport, you have your California driver's license, you carry that with you so that you can immediately show it to an agent and and they might not even run
049your information. They might just say, "Okay, great. Have a great day." Because I have seen a lot of videos where agents are stopping people at Walmarts and Home Depot and when they approach them immediately the person the individual pulls out an identification card. They look at it and say here you go. Thank you. Have a great day. So of of course in this situation they those two gentlemen are are very blessed and lucky that um nothing you know escalated. Um, unfortunately they were trying to take him into custody, but somehow someway they they were able to locate some kind of document or somebody must have said the right thing that allowed these gentlemen to be free from that incident. >> You're absolutely right, Miguel. Um, the way I would have done it, you don't have
050your ID. Okay. What's your name and date of birth and what country you were born in? Like I like we said earlier, those pocket uh computers, you know, they look like phones. You can you can always input their name and date of birth and if they know the uh they know their their um alien registration number, that's even better because they'll look that up. I would have, okay, sir, have a good day. Walked away. That all could have been avoided, but somebody wasn't doing well. They were supposed to be doing it the right way. So, we're going to go over a 287G program. And right now, that this program is is bringing a lot of money into law enforcement. This program has been around for a very long time. It's used by fellow federal agencies
051to fund local law enforcement by having officers join task force and and join different entities such as FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, HSI. Now, in California, the federal task force officers that are assigned to the three-letter agencies are not doing any type of immigration cases. What they're doing is they're strictly working narcotics, they're working homeland security, if it's a a cyber attack on the country, on money laundering and other, you know, high-profile cases. Nothing to do with immigration status. So that is one thing that we want to assure the community knows that in California this is not implemented at all to affect the community when it comes to ICE. The 287G program was created by the illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996. It allows US immigration and custom enforcement to ICE to give
052certain immigration enforcement powers to state and local enforcement officers but always under ISIS supervision. Through this program, trained local officers can help identify and process non-citizens in jail or custody who may be subject to removal from the US. The goal is to improve public safety by focusing on people who have committed crimes and who are also violating immigration laws. Now, this is a very touch touchy subject because SB54 protects immigrants from being deported out of jails. So, local law enforcement, if you have a person who has committed murder, who has committed um a robbery, assault, any any major um criminal violent act, local law enforcement doesn't contact ICE. ICE has to ICE will get a hit on an a what's called JDIC or any an FBI number or some type of database once the finger
053fingerprints are ran through the FBI. Then they're alerted that person is in custody and they will try to take them into custody when they are released from the facility or if they place bond they'll try to locate them wherever they reside. But 287G is not being implemented in California. No local law enforcement agency is assisting ICE. So this does not apply to the to the uh state of California. Okay. Now this is more of um in short, you know, 287G is a partnership in between ICE and local police or sheriffs. It's meant to straighten cooperation, help enforce immigration laws, and remove individuals considered threats to the safety of the communities. As you can see in this chart here, this map, there is a very large area that is green. That green area is where 287G
054is implemented. Okay? You have California, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, and a couple other little states out in the east coast that are in gray. And this does not apply to those states. Those states are not involved in the 287G program. Federal agents jump out of a rented box truck at Home Depot during an immigration raid they're calling operation Trojan horse. Now there are questions over whether they violated a federal judge's order barring indiscriminate arrest based on race. Fox 11 News at 5 simcast on our sister station Fox 11 plus. I'm Christine Divine. >> I'm Alex Michaels. Fox 11's Laura Diaz starts us off. She's live in the Westlake district tonight. Laura, >> well, a demonstration started just moments ago, not far from where the raid was held earlier this morning. We're going to pan off and
055show you some of that. What has politicians and advocates so upset with the tactics used today. Federal agents were on a Pensky truck when they pulled up as if they were looking for day labors. And then agents ran out and day labors ran. They came in a pensky, literally. The back door opened and they got out. We were all scared. That's how one immigrant worker described the early morning tear at a Home Depot in the Westlake district of LA Wednesday morning when DHS agents arrived in a moving box Pensky truck. According to DHS, the targeted operation was called Trojan Horse, ostensibly to arrest members of the notorious MS13 gang. But witnesses said those arrested were not felons, but simply men looking for a day's work. >> Images of federal agents in pursuit of undocumented immigrants
056spread on social media. The DHS said agents arrested 16 people who are in the US illegally. >> About four miles away in Boille Heights, the raid was on everybody's mind as they held a news conference that included government, business, and labor leaders. Leaders have been hoping raids would stop after a federal judge's order affirming that immigration cannot racially profile people to target immigrants. Mayor Karen Bass was there and weighed in on the video she saw of the morning raid. >> From the video and from the stills, it looks like the exact same thing that we were seeing before the TTRO. We have the the legal remedy. You know, I can't physically go out there and stop them. You know that the federal government is the highest level authority of our land. You know that. And
057so to me, the best that we can do is we can stand together as Angelinos. We can resist this. Acting US Attorney Billy posting a statement on X. In part, it read, "The enforcement of federal law is not negotiable and there are no sanctuaries from the reach of the federal government." Coming back here live to the West Lake District, people are starting to arrive to participate in this demonstration. It's an anti-ICE demonstration. And if you look over on some of the trucks where they're playing music, they have signs that say education deportation and they're also saying migrant workers get the job done. So, we will find out later and I can tell you what happens here. But for right now, people just starting to arrive, but the sound and the fury continues on the streets
058of LA. I'm Laura Diaz reporting live from the Westlake District. Sending it back to the studio. >> Hold on one second. We go. So, I I remember seeing this video um on the news about a month ago, two months ago. Um if anybody noticed when when that back door opened and people saw the agents coming out of the uh the back of that truck, there were people that stood still and there were people that started running. Who do you think the agents went after or stopped? people of Iran. Going back to what I said earlier, stand still, be calm, talk to them, okay? Because eventually they're going to find out whether you are undocumented or not. Um if you're if you're not undocumented, if you're undocumented, um there's no running, there's nobody getting hurt, the
059p the individual or the agent because if that agent gets hurt, Are they chasing somebody? Guess who's going to get the blame for it? You know, so like I said earlier, I reiterate, don't run. Don't run. Next slide, please. This is a good bad topic because it's happening every day. Individuals are impersonating ICE agents. Okay, got more to that. We urge all residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to local law enforcement, whether it be the sheriff's office or the police department, your local law enforcement or the department of homeland security, office of the inspector. Okay, so that's been going on. People are impersonating ICE agents. you know, they get the uh the the the fake badge, they get the the radios, the vest, you know, some of them even wear mask. Um,
060and what they do, they go around just scaring people and just trying to take money from them literally in on the streets, whatever they have in their pockets, you know. Um, and that's why they do it. Um, but that's the number general at 1 800 323863. So if anybody comes in contact with somebody who uh who might be an impersonator, that needs to be reported. Get all the information that you can from this person, the car they driving, license plate, if you can, good description. Um because local law enforcement and Department of Homeland Security will act on that. Okay? And an an easy way to determine if the whether they're impersonator or not, if everybody knows on TV now, you won't see one agent walking around by themselves or driving around by themselves um stopping
061people. Okay? You don't see two. Nowadays, you don't see two. You see a whole team, maybe 15 of them. So, if you see one or two, that's probably uh impersonators. Okay? No one in our committee should be should live in fear or deceit or intimidation. We stand firmly with the residents regardless of immigration status and are committed to ensuring the safety, dignity and rights. Okay, this is a good slide because uh it ident identifies the u uh ICE agents and border patrol. There was a time that that ICE agents didn't wear their badge, the Velcro badge on their on their vest. They only had a patch in the back said police. Okay. Now, it's required by every federal agent, including Border Patrol and and CBP, those are the customs guys at the port and ICE,
062everybody's required to have an some sort of identification on their vest to show what agency you work for. And that's an example right there. Federal agencies, ATF, that's what their badge look like. DEA, this is what their badge look like. US Marshalss. This is what their badge look like. Now, these badges are so easy to get um to get replicas and you can get them from online from China. And this is how the impersonators are getting them. Okay? But I can tell you that that I know for sure that ICE badges have a fourdigit number at the bottom of the uh the badge. So, if anybody comes in contact in contact with somebody and they show you that badge, they better have those four digits. Okay? It's a random number. That's, you know, that's that's
063your your badge number. Okay? Or if you ask somebody what's their badge number, they give you five numbers. Um or they give you three numbers. Oh, three numbers is all right. But if they give you five numbers, something's something's not right. State agencies, parole agent, that's what their badge look like. That's the alcohol beverage control. Almost looks like the uh parole agent and the CHP. Those are almost look alike. But again, anybody can buy these from China, believe it or not. Local agencies, Los Angeles County Sheriff, Los Angeles Police Department, your agency. So, just I tell people that, you know, just recognize wherever you live at, your community, your police department, know their badges. Um, it's pretty hard because I know it's 18,000 police departments in the United States. Um, but if you live in
064the LA County area, you know, Orange County, um, pretty much, uh, all the all the police departments, well, not all the police department, but every every single police department had that identified badge and number on it. >> We'd like to remind people to get familiar with their local agency. you know, find out what your jurisdiction if you belong to the sheriff's department, to the Los Angeles Police Department if you're on that side of town, or if you're in a small city such as Bellflower, Lakewood, Cerritos, Whittier, Bell Gardens, all those little cities. Some of them are patrolled by the sheriff's department and some are patrolled by their own agency, their own city department. So it's very very important to know what the badges look like and who to contact in case of a an emergency
065or if you have any type of altercation with um an ICE incident and you want to contact your specific jurisdiction agency. So it's very important to to get familiar with your agency. One second, Mike. Um, don't be afraid, like Mike said earlier, Miguel said earlier, don't be afraid if you encounter somebody who's an imperson or you think that is impersonator. Get every information you can get from this person and go to your local police department. Do not be afraid if you're undocumented because they can't do anything about it anyways. They can't call ICE on you. they can't they can detain you, but you're actually helping them by by identifying somebody who's going who's out on the streets committing these crimes. Um, so do not be afraid to share that information with your local police department.
066We're going to show you a brief video. So, this is an immigration attorney and you know, we're not making any recommendations on who to use, but this is somebody who's very credible, has really good information and knowledge of what's happening today, and he would like to provide and share this video with you. This the video is in Spanish. Horn, California. Federal See, Okay. So this is his information here, his law firm. Their address located at 12 013 South Englewood Avenue, Hawthorne, California. Their telephone number is 213 6275164. And this is their website here. Just want to share with you their quote here. Uh their law group is a leading immigration attorney in Los Angeles, California, specializing in visas, deportation, citizenships, consular proceedings, employment visas, green cards, and more. And that's for Mr. uh Jobin Nisari.
067So, if you have any information that you need, if you have any concerns u regarding any of these things that you could be helped with, whether it's for you, a friend, or a loved one, you're more than welcome to reach out to them. They're the experts when it comes to the the legalities. Uh they're the immigration, they're the attorneys for what's happening today. >> I always tell people to uh be careful when you choose an attorney. um for obvious reasons. As a matter of fact, just last week I had somebody friend of mine um was telling me a story about her friend that paid $5,000 to a lawyer just to uh submit some paperwork. And that happened a couple of years ago. And and this particular lawyer will take his or her time to submit
068paperwork because the longer you take the longer they take, the more you got to pay them. Short long story short, the lawyer did not do anything for this person. So, this person is out of $5,000 because they didn't do their research on the on the lawyer. Make do your research. Make sure it's a reputable lawyer attorney um that specifically works only with immigration cases. Only with immigration cases. I can't stress that enough. Okay? uh because you may hire a DUI lawyer who knows nothing about immigration and just completely gonna you know put your case in jeopardy. Okay, we want to share this with you. This is the detention reporting and information line number is 1888 351424. This is very important because these people will provide any information that you're looking for uh when it comes
069to immigration laws um enforcement removal operations. So if you have any information, this is directly contacting ICE individuals who have a lot of answers that the community doesn't um know about. Sometimes they don't feel that they can contact them and ask questions. And you can. They're a law enforcement agency and they're going to have to give you the facts. Every law enforcement agency is going to give you the facts when it comes to certain things. They're not going to lie to you. They're going to provide the legal information. Okay? There's also uh a number uh on questions, you know, basic immigration case information. So, for information on an individual's immigration court case, that would be a different number. And then that number you can call 1800 8987180. And this information we will share with you
070our our social media and our on our web page will be posted so that you guys can refer to this in the future as well. >> Thank you for that. There we go. At this point we have uh conucted I'm sorry concluded our presentation and if you have any questions any comments concerns we will provide you an answer and you can locate us on social media which is HP knowledge 21. Our website is www.highpnowledge.com and you can locate that website through our social media page. Thank you for your time. Please follow us if you have any questions. >> One last thing before we leave. I just want to reiterate that um you know you you come in contact with an immigration agent, don't run. Please don't run and don't lie. It's going to make your
071case a lot harder. Um, I wish everybody the best of luck and have a great evening. That's right. Thank you from highprofile knowledge for joining us with this information. I'm sure we're going to come up with some more presentations uh other information that that anybody can u make use of it. >> And thank you for your expertise, Joey. We appreciate what you're doing. We know a lot of people are concerned their safety, their families, their friends, and it takes a lot of courage to come up here and and provide this information and and give us, you know, the accurate information of what's happening today. We would also like to thank our viewers for sitting in and watching this video. And most importantly, we would like to thank the district, the Belfflower Unified School District, the
072board, superintendent, everybody, the the staff, you know, from teachers, everybody on campus, uh, for being a part of this and giving us the opportunity to come out. Uh this means a lot to us uh for sharing this information with your community, with your students, and knowing that you guys truly care about your community and providing the training that we're giving today is is phenomenal. This is something that needs to be spread throughout many communities. And and once again, we would just like to thank the Belfower Unified School District. Thank everyone.