{"id":426847,"date":"2025-12-05T16:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/426847\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:37:25","slug":"50-san-antonio-cops-helped-with-last-months-still-murky-immigration-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/426847\/","title":{"rendered":"50 San Antonio cops helped with last month’s still-murky immigration raid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ProtestersProtesters carry a banner during a demonstration last month against the recent multi-agency raid. Credit: Courtesy Photo \/ Martha Spinks<\/p>\n

Fifty San Antonio Police Department officers helped undertake a controversial federal immigration raid<\/a> that detained 140 people last month at what authorities maintain was an after-hours nightclub, the Express-News reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The officers provided \u201cperimeter security and traffic containment,\u201d Lt. David Bacarreza, a deputy chief of staff, said in the story, the first to clarify SAPD\u2019s involvement in the raid. He added that the department responds to federal agencies\u2019 requests for perimeter security but doesn\u2019t \u201cdirectly assist\u201d with immigration roundups. <\/p>\n

The Nov. 16 raid, carried out near San Padro Avenue and Basse Road by a new Homeland Security Task Force, have drawn the ire<\/a> of immigrant-rights activists and Democratic lawmakers. Critics argue the feds have failed to be transparent about the raid and haven\u2019t revealed vital details, including the names of most of those detained and where they\u2019re being held.<\/p>\n

The task force \u2014\u00a0made up of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations and FBI personnel \u2014\u00a0has issued statements alleging 27 people arrested that night have ties to Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. However, the agencies have failed to respond<\/a> to multiple requests for information corroborating that claim. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, previous claims of Tren de Aragua ties made by Trump White House Homeland Security officials have failed to hold up to the scrutiny of press investigations. Three weeks following the raid, just two people face criminal charges. <\/p>\n

Under a 2017 Texas law, local police departments and county sheriffs must cooperate with federal officials during immigration-enforcement actions. <\/p>\n

Even so,\u00a0Corrie Rosen of the San Antonio chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, demanded more answers about SAPD\u2019s involvement during the public input portion of Wednesday\u2019s City Council meeting, according to the Express-News.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho decided that our very city resources, funded by the very people targeted, should be weaponized against them, and who will be held responsible for the harm inflicted?\u201d Rosen said.<\/p>\n

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