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CNN
11 hours ago
- Politics
- CNN
ICE agents seen outside Dodger stadium
CNN's Natasha Chen reports from outside Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles where federal agents were posted after being denied access to the stadium according the the Dodgers. The Department of Homeland Security stated that the agents who were at Dodger Stadium were not from ICE and their presence wasn't related to the immigration crackdown throughout Los Angeles.
The Independent
12 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
LA Dodgers deny ICE agents entry into baseball stadium
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents were observed staging near Los Angeles ' Dodger Stadium, prompting the property owners to request their departure. Dozens of federal agents, many with obscured faces and in tactical gear, were using the stadium exterior as a meeting point before deploying into surrounding neighborhoods. Los Angeles elected officials alerted the stadium to the federal presence, leading the Dodgers organization to deny entry and issue a statement confirming they asked the agents to leave. The incident occurred amidst ongoing ICE raids in Los Angeles, which have sparked widespread protests, leading the President to mobilize federal troops to the city. an LAPD spokesperson told local news there has been no protester arrests since Saturday, attributing this to a curfew and crime prevention efforts that have reduced violent encounters between federal agents and protesters.
The Independent
14 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Federal agents blocked from entering LA Dodgers stadium
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents have been spotted staging near Los Angeles ' Dodger Stadium, prompting the property's owners to tell them to leave. Dozens of federal agents clad in tactical gear, most hiding their faces, were using the stadium exterior as a meeting place before fanning out in the surrounding neighborhoods. According to ABC7, Los Angeles elected officials alerted the stadium to ICE's presence, prompting the owners of the LA Dodgers organization to tell the agents to leave the property. As of 11am local time, only a few federal officers were still at the site, according to ABC7. "We've been in communication with the mayor's office, with the Dodgers, with Dodgers security, about seeing if they can get them moved off their private property," Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez told the outlet.
CNN
14 hours ago
- Sport
- CNN
ICE agents seen outside Dodger stadium
Federal agents are shown stationed in one of the streets leading up to Dodger stadium. Agents attempting to enter the stadium today were denied entry by the team, a source familiar with the circumstances tells CNN. The Dodgers are set to host the Padres in Los Angeles tonight.
CBC
3 days ago
- Politics
- CBC
NYC comptroller, mayoral candidate arrested by federal agents at immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by U.S. federal agents at an immigration court on Tuesday after he linked arms with a person that authorities were attempting to detain. A reporter with The Associated Press witnessed Lander's arrest at a federal building in Manhattan. The person with whom Lander was walking out of the courtroom was also arrested. Lander had spent the morning observing immigration court hearings and told an AP reporter that he was there to "accompany" some immigrants out of the building. In the moments before he was handcuffed, agents could be seen trying to physically separate Lander from the man they had come to detain. Lander briefly struggled to stay close to the detainee before he was pulled away. Video taken by journalists at the scene shows that agents struggled to separate Lander from the man he'd linked arms with for more than 40 seconds before wresting the two apart. A video of the arrest captured by an AP reporter shows an agent telling Lander, "You're obstructing." "I'm not obstructing, I'm standing right here in the hallway," Lander said as he was being handcuffed. "You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant," Lander said as he was led away down a hallway and into an elevator. One of the officers who led Lander away wore a tactical vest labelled "federal agent." Others were in plainclothes, with surgical masks over their faces. At a press conference following the arrest, Lander's wife, Meg Barnette, said that "we were swarmed by a number of federal agents" after her husband linked arms with the man following his immigration court hearing. "What I saw was shocking and unacceptable," she said. "What I saw today was not the rule of law." The episode occurred as federal immigration officials are conducting large-scale arrests outside immigration courtrooms across the country. In many cases, immigrants are arrested after a judge grants a government request to dismiss their case, making them eligible for expedited removal. "They remove any opportunity for due process," Lander had told reporters earlier in the day after witnessing another person's hearing. Lander's detainment comes a little more than a month after Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on a trespassing charge outside a federal immigration detention centre in his city. The charge was later dropped by interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, and Baraka's fellow Democrat, Rep. LaMonica McIver, was charged with assaulting and impeding federal agents stemming from her role at the same visit as the mayor. A federal indictment alleges that she grabbed, pushed and blocked officers from arresting the mayor. She's denied the charges and said she plans to fight them. Baraka filed a federal lawsuit against Habba alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution. A spokesperson for the FBI deferred comment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which did not respond to an emailed inquiry. Lander is a candidate in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary. Early voting in the contest is underway and the election is next week. Candidates in the race quickly weighed in to criticize the arrest. "This is the latest example of the extreme thuggery of [U.S. President Donald] Trump's ICE out of control," former governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running in the primary, said, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "One can only imagine the fear families across our country feel when confronted with ICE."
