The City of Los Angeles is asking the Los Angeles Port Police force, the specialized law enforcement agency operating 24 hours a day, established to protect the L.A. port, to actively join in protecting and monitoring the community against U.S. federal immigration enforcement, or ICE.
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion that would mandate the Port Police to document and collect data on federal immigration enforcement activity in the Harbor Area and, through that, ensure accountability and protect the rights of residents and workers, regardless of their immigration status.
The documentation of ICE would ultimately be used with the goal of being submitted in court as proof of the raids and the violation of people’s rights, if ever necessary…