We know that readers often come to Jo’s cup for a peak. But we are following what is happening in Los Angeles, and extending throughout the country, and we imagine that you are too, and feel important to speak. This is what is happening and how to help …
What is happening in Los Angeles right now?
Since Friday, the crowds in Los Angeles have been protesting the new raids of large -scale workplaces of the Trump administration, such as Home Depot, where federal agents are looking for undocumented people.
Why are some immigrants undocumented?
Most immigrants are legally in the United States. But some are undocumented.
There are currently 2.1 million people waiting for a decision about their asylum claims. Some people were allowed to enter the United States for reasons of humanitarian or national security or because it would be insecure to return home. Some people were legally admitted in the country with temporary visas of tourists, students or jobs, but then the allowed period of time remained excessively.
Specifically, many people cross the border are looking for asylum of gang violence in Central America. “The boys of only eight years are forced to enter the gangs. If they or their parents refuse, they are killed. The girls are forced to become the property of the members of the gangs and treated as sexual slaves. If they or their families refuse, they are killed. The police cannot help … the parents flee and bring their children here to rescue them of rape and murder,” An inyumator in an injector, an injector, a rescue injector.
Why are people so annoyed by these new raids in the workplace in Los Angeles and throughout the country?
Trump has promised to take energetic measures against immigration, even with mass deportations. ICE (Immigration and Customs Control of the United States) has tripled its daily detention goals and is now stopping people in workplaces, in the places of collection of the day, in the streets and even in their judicial audiences. In recent months, ICE has deported people without due process and has kept people in detention centers, often with reported abuse and inhuman conditions. ICE has removed people from the street without showing badges and broken cars without showing arrest orders. Last month, customs and border protection of the United States also repealed several rules that give protections to pregnant women, postpartum women and babies within the migrant detention system.
What has the mayor of Los Angeles said?
“When you attack deposits and workplaces, when you destroy parents and children, and when you run the caravans armored by our streets, you are not trying to keep anyone safe, you are trying to cause fear and panic,” said Mayor Karen Bass.
Are you okay to protest these raids or other things that the government does?
Absolutely. An essential part of living in a democracy, versus an authoritarian country, is that citizens can protest and speak. “Very often, protest is the only way in which minority voices can be heard,” writes Stephen Jones, Ph.D., Harvard professor. “The protest is the core of democratic consciousness, so authoritarian governments contain them, condemn or repress them.”
How does Trump respond to protests in Los Angeles?
Although people have the right to protest, Trump quickly deployed 4,700 troops and Marines of the National Guard in the Los Angeles area, without the authorization of the state governor, Gavin Newsom, who normally has the command of the National Guard of California. Officers, who wear bulletproof masks and vests, are armed with pepper spray, rubber bullets, canes, tear gas and flash-base grenades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1z4l-jqfb0
A video of an officer shooting a journalist with a rubber bullet.
What has the governor of California said?
Gavin Newsom described the deployment of President of President Trump in the military in Los Angeles an “abuse of shameless power”, saying that “democracy is under assault just before our eyes … the moment we have feared has arrived.”
Are the protests of peaceful angels?
The protests have been largely peaceful, but some protesters have thrown eggs, rocks or other objects to police officers and have lent fire to cars, including several cars that lead to cars. Mayor Karen Bass placed a curfew touch in a square mile of the center of Los Angeles on Tuesday night to avoid vandalism and looting. He also points out that most of the city is calm: “Some of the images of protests and violence give appearance as if it were a crisis throughout the city, and it is not.”
What about all videos on social networks?
As always, it is important to obtain your news of trusted publications. Trump’s supporters circulate strategically online, to envive anger towards immigrants and confuse people about what is really happening, reports the Nytimes. Darren L. Linvill, researcher at the Media Center at the University of Clemsson, said online conservatives were “building the disturbances in a performative way” so that it seems that it was taken by “violent and insurrectionist mobs.”
How about other American cities?
Trump has threatened that protesters in other places would find “equal or greater force” than those of Los Angeles.
What can we do?
1. Know your rightsand share this information with others. Here are some useful primers:
* Know your rights: the rights of immigrants (versions in many languages are available)
* Know your rights: protesters’ rights
* Know your rights: arrested by the police
* “Know your Rights with Ice” for people in New York
2. Protest. This Saturday, June 14, the “No Kings” protests will occur throughout the country. You can find one near you on this map. Again, there is a list of the rights of the protesters.
3. DonarIf you are able to do it.
The coalition for the rights of human immigrants provides essential legal services, advocates the rights of immigrants and promotes policies to improve the life of immigrants in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Central Resources Center offers legal services, community education and defense of Central American immigrants and other communities unattended in Los Angeles.
Immigrant Defenders Law Center provides free legal services to immigrants. They also represent people detained and fight for their release.
Thank you very much for reading and for being such an intelligent and compassionate community. Share if you have other ideas about how to help. Sending all our love, as always, and stay safe.
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(Photos of Mark Abramsson, Philip Cheung and Alex Welsh for the New York Times).
