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The family members of a U.S. citizen who was taken into custody by federal agents in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday are demanding answers as she was detained while on her way to work.

Andrea Velez, a Cal Poly Pomona grad working in merchandising at a shoe company, had just been dropped off by her mother and sister for the workday when they saw her being taken into custody, adding they had barely even driven a block before the arrest began.

"They didn't have vests that said ICE or anything," said Velez's sister Estrella Rosas. "Their cars didn't have license plates."

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[–] Generic_Idiot@lemm.ee 9 points 19 hours ago

Is that ICE nazi brown? Wtf

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

somewhere, a criminal: Oh man, you mean all I have to do is take my license plate off, dress like a tacticool office worker, put on a mask and I'm just allowed to kidnap people??? SCORE!!!

[–] ThatGirlKylie@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

People have already been arrested for impersonating ice bc of that exact situation. It’s actually insane

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 day ago
[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 day ago

My hypothesis is they deputized a bunch of random who answered internet ads and offered them a fixed amount per person they bring in. They get paid the same, so why bother checking?

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago

My hope remains that some vestiges of the rule of law remain and all these people so wronged by this system will eventually have their day in court, and get restitution.

It's a tiny hope, since I'm reluctant to believe the above will eventually happen, but I'll hold on to it just the same.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago

Her family members were too scared to get out, as Rosas' mother has residency but not full U.S. citizenship.

Goddamnit.

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are they just arresting anyone that isn't white and doesn't have a name like John Smith?

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Not anyone, just the people who won't fight back. They're leaving the actually dangerous people alone

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have been wondering the same thing. Like, this is 1 lady, how/why did they target her specifically or was she just near by and brown?

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

wrong place wrong time... They're lazy, they don't want to work for it. They're not going to go after criminals or gangs. We're going after gardeners, Ice cream, vendor and maids.

Inot the tough guys They are dressed as...

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Generic ICE stuff nowadays.

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What are the Democrats doing now?

Not helping, that only leaves us.

if they get away with Terrorizing people over different race When they're finished, they're going to terrorize the rest of us. We have to speak up.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago

Obligatory "blame the dems" for a thing Republicans promised to do and are doing.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unarmed outraged family members, presumably.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah because they are still alive