Masked, armed and forceful: Finding patterns in California immigration raids

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In a new short documentary, CalMatters collaborated with Evident Media and Bellingcat to map and examine videos of the immigration raids throughout Los Angeles:

The movie expands on earlier CalMatters reporting:

  • Brazen, midday kidnappings: LA immigration sweeps violate Constitution, lawsuit says

  • Taken: What happens after an LA immigration raid

  • He misled the public about his last big immigration sweep. Now he s leading the Border Patrol in LA

  • Border Patrol said it targeted known criminals in Kern County. But it had no record on 77 of 78 arrestees


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