On the first day of school for thousands of LAUSD students, dozens of immigration enforcement agents positioned themselves outside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo — about a mile from several Boyle Heights campuses.
The border patrol agents, some wearing face coverings and sunglasses to obscure their identities, stood outside the museum with rifles and zip ties as Gov. Gavin Newsom and other elected officials held a press conference on congressional redistricting. Speaking to reporters, Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino described the operation as a “roving patrol” and said one person had been detained, according to the Los Angeles Times.
With tensions running high over immigration raids across L.A. this summer, many in the community were left shaken by the incident on Thursday, including students.
“Who knows, ICE could come out and everything.”
At Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School in Boyle Heights, some students said their first day back was clouded by anxiety…