LOS ANGELES (KABC) — One of the largest immigrant rights groups in Southern California is keeping tabs on the federal immigration enforcement across Los Angeles, and some say the data they’ve collected over the past month and a half is very revealing.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) just released a color-coded heat map of immigration activity across L.A.
CHIRLA says it shows how immigration enforcement actions since June have focused predominantly on specific neighborhoods, people of color and Latinos.
The map accounts for 471 confirmed enforcement operations from day one, back on June 6, through this past Sunday.
The highest concentration of operations happened in the San Fernando Valley.
CHIRLA says what the map reveals accounts for “blatant racial profiling” and proves that “roving patrols” have occurred.
But, CHIRLA also admits that conditions have improved.
“What we have right now is a judge’s order that says the government must stop doing what they’re doing and they must follow the law. This map reminds the government that Los Angeles is watching,” said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, the Director of Communications at CHIRLA. “They can do their job if they want to, but they have to do it under the law, simple as that.”
Since the judge’s order, CHIRLA says they have received reports of enforcement operations occurring, but not to the level witnessed before. They say that shows the order is being followed, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security figure out their next steps in response to the judge’s order.
CHIRLA also says that nine out of 10 times witnesses could not confirm which agency was involved in the immigration operations, with many agents wearing plain clothes and traveling in unmarked vans.
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