Los Angeles County, California – Newly released surveillance footage from a Southern California school has sparked outrage and renewed calls for accountability after federal immigration officers were allegedly caught urinating on school property near a playground in broad daylight.
The El Rancho Unified School District released video footage Wednesday from June 17, showing a group of immigration agents — reportedly from both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — entering the grounds of Ruben Salazar High School in Pico Rivera without a warrant. According to district officials, approximately ten marked and unmarked vehicles pulled onto campus between 8:54 and 9:04 a.m. Surveillance cameras captured several agents relieving themselves behind shipping containers located near an active summer school site and in view of a nearby public park and elementary school.
Although Salazar High School was not in session at the time, district officials emphasized that students and staff were present just steps away at adjacent Valencia Elementary School, where summer programming was underway. The agents reportedly left the premises only after being confronted by district personnel…