At least two detained in immigration raids on East L.A. street vendors

At least one man was detained when immigration agents raided two street vending sites in East Los Angeles on Sunday.

The first incident took place at around 8:40 a.m. near Whittier and Atlantic boulevards, according to the Boyle Heights Immigrant Rights Network (BHIRN), which works to verify immigration sightings in the area. Later that morning, agents detained another street vendor near Whittier Boulevard and Sunol Drive, the BHIRN said.

Video shared with Boyle Heights Beat shows masked immigration agents in tactical vests standing near two food trucks at the site of the first raid…

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