Law expert warns protestors of risks amid Arizona immigration enforcement operations

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Pro-immigrant advocacy groups are using social media to share sightings and information about immigration raids across the Valley.

People gathered in a Peoria neighborhood Tuesday, thinking it was an ICE deportation raid. However, according to the Peoria Police Department, it was Homeland Security agents serving a drug search warrant.

Dramatic video shows officers squaring off with protesters, with people seen pushing and shoving officers. Police said they took one protestor into custody for assaulting an officer. Last week, two men were charged with assault after confronting federal agents who detained a woman in Chandler…

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