Los Angeles On Tuesday, city leaders introduced the legislation to protect immigrant communities due to unrest for the suppression of President Donald Trump about illegal immigrants.
Councilor Hugo Soto-Martinez introduced five proposals aimed at strengthening the protection of work and immigration, which he said he would address the renewed threats of mass deportations, raids in the workplace and targeted actions for implementation, Fox Los Angeles reported.
“We are here today, because, unfortunately, we have a president who wants to enchant and attack our Neimigrant neighbor,” Martinez said during a press conference outside the City Hall, together with the members of the Eunises Hernandez Council, Imelda Padilla and Ysabel Jurado and several immigrant rights, Labor , legal and community. “And we won’t understand it easily.
Member of the Los Angeles City Council Hugo Soto-Martinez observes Proceedings within the Council of the Chamber at the City Hall in the Los Angeles Center on September 20, 2024. (Gonaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“The legislation will make sure that we are ready and that we are ready to reciprocate, which includes a comprehensive campaign” know your rights “throughout the city, so immigrants and employers understand their rights and do not become a victim of Ice (American immigration and customs execution) intimidation) .
A large group of people who protested against the suppression of President Donald Trump about illegal immigration broke out on Sunday 101 in the center of Los Angeles, creating great traffic delays, police said. (Fox 11 Los Angeles)
The legislation will be heard by the Council of the Committee on Civic and Immigration before voting.
If approved, this would confirm that the city commitment is to protect its migrant community from possible deportation. In November, the Council and Mayor Karen Bass formally founded Los Angeles as the so -called shrine.
Click here to get the Fox News app
The Soto-Martinez move followed after two days of protests during which the demonstrators took over 101 highways and local streets to opposes Trump’s mass deportation plans illegal immigrant criminals.
