As the van of freedom entered the home depot, its driver calmed down, rolled down the window and was lowered into the blankets of the workers standing by the parking lot.
It was raining all morning and the high clouds stuck a chill in the air. However, on a recent Friday, the day laborers were forced out as it began to drag again. A priest, a Navy veteran, an immigration attorney and a cameraman got out of the Lil’ Van – Camioneta de La Libertad In Spanish – greeted the day laborers while offering them water and snacks.
Since June in Los Angeles, Federal immigration agents have organized daily life by raiding neighborhoods, home depots and home depots – popular gathering places for day laborers who often lack citizenship. Also, several “quick response” organizations have worked to help those who are targeted in the attack, and document their treatment.
One of these organizations is the Save America movement, which runs the libertarian VANS and includes a BIPartisan leadership that is more politically connected than that of most grassroots organizations. This group was founded by Steve Schmidt, who was the main founder of the Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a public relations expert, chaired the steering committee, which included law professors, pastors and counselors.
On this particular Friday, Professor Núñez – Member of that steering committee who previously served as speaker of the California Council – was one of those who left the Lileko Van. He talked about a day worker who stopped to hold a meal, explained that they are there to coordinate the films any meeting with its Federal suppliers, as part of their effort to respond quickly.
The day laborer said immigration agents and pre-immigration agents have found other workers at the Panorama City Home Depot and come back many times. “Many times,” she said. “Five or six.”
Despite the repeated attacks, the worker said the workers had little choice but to continue to demonstrate.
“They should keep coming,” he said. “One has to pay the bills.”
Gcina American Sound launched the Vans first in LA and then in Chicago and Charlotte, NC, where the Federal Firest Region hit Latino locations. The project’s motivation behind the project was to provide relief and help people understand the impact of daily immigration attacks, Corcoran said in an interview. Outside of California, he said, most people don’t get it.
“If they did, I believe there would be a lot of urgency when it happened,” he said.
Vans inspired by Liberty ships and Victory ships during World War Ll are provided goods and other relief in the US and its allies.
The groups conducted a documentary on Vans and recorded a video, with FookAge published online so that the public can watch the enforcement actions and hear testimony from the affected local residents, he said.
For months, the Trump administration has argued that it is merely enforcing the law — and fulfilling a campaign mission — by arresting undocumented immigrants. But other enforcement actions by Snow and Border Patrol agents led to US citizens being arrested. Some have been criticized for being unnecessarily violent and violent.
Fabian Núñez, a member of the Gcina America committee who once worked as the speaker of the California Assembly, speaks to a person who was standing for the freedom of freedom set up by a parking lot in the panorama of the city of Panorama 21, 2025.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
In Los Angeles, Gcina Angeles, the American organization first made its debut in MacArthur Park in September, just two months Migration agents on horseback and armored vehicles disembarked in a place that carries guns and tactical gear.
City Councilmember Eenisses Eyandez – whose district comes from the state of Highland Park, Chinatown and south of Pico-Union – welcomed the group’s effort, which he described as a tool for the movement.
Alejandro Maciel, LA Bureau Chient of the organization and Los Angeles Times reporter, takes the van about five times a week, starting at 6 am. Maciel and the volunteers sent to homes across California, from the north to Ventura County, east to the Inland Empire and south to Orange County.
On Friday, riding in the van included Rev. Drison Jones Mcalese, Navy Veteran Brian Kelly and immigration lawyer Juan Jose Gutierrez, who can give your help “to your good workers. And to capture it all was Cameraman René Miranda, who began to assemble the attack when a large protest broke out later, where he lives.
In MCLELESE, he said he felt it was his duty to be part of the effort to resist the attacks because of what he does as illegal activities that are considered as Ice PhonFement. McAlese carries holy water and offers to pray with anyone who wants prayer.
“I don’t feel like I have a choice,” she said. “God is shown in the face of every person of migration, written down and written down.”
As they headed to the next location, Maciel reached for his phone Sticeice.neta website where people submit snow activity reports. Just the day before, there was a raid in Long Beach, later confirmed by local media reports, too Nine people were arrested They are masked agents, said the La County official.
The San Fernando Valley was relatively quiet Friday, but Maciel said it’s important to establish and maintain relationships with both the staff and organizers who created the rapid response networks. When he drives the van to the site, he said, “he greets such promoters and makes sure the workers understand they are there to help.
Ernesto Ayala, site coordinator at the Van Nuys Day Labor Center in the Home Depot Parking Lot, said Ice Agents have been on site several times, just in the past few weeks. At Van Nuys Home Depot, volunteers monitor each parking lot entrance and notify the agency of any suspicious vehicles that may contain federal agents.
“It’s very sad,” Ayala said of the ongoing attacks. Ayala himself was arrested and sprayed with fury by agents after he was restrained on the ground and accused of being disruptive. He was arrested but not charged with any crime, she said.
Organizations like the Save America Movement are helping with videos and other documents that can be used in future snow tests, Ayala said. He said his arrest was recorded away from witnesses.
In October, the organization mentioned a video about the Good America Movement PhotoJournelist in Chicago Filming Agents who sent ejere facing styles and targeting journalists, at that time violated the federal court order. The organization has made that available online with time stamps and annotations.
Along with the written collaboration, Núñez said, the group hopes to remind ICE Agents of the human impact and make them question their actions, and move viewers. He said, he could help the American people see “that these Gestapo tactics are being implemented and implemented with our tax dollars.”
“We think we can convince them to leave, think with compassion for the people and think: Is this the America I signed up for?”
