Semantha Norris

1 week ago | sanfernandosun.com | Semantha Norris

Residents and activists show up to defend the undocumented communityMonday morning, Northeast valley residents rushed to defend their undocumented community members after receiving alerts that they were being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. A caravan drove through the area, assuring that witnesses would be present at each report of a sighting.

1 week ago | sanfernandosun.com | Semantha Norris

Los nombres han sido cambiados u omitidos en esta historia para proteger las identidades debido a su estatus migratorio. Una quietud espeluznante flota en el aire cuando Louie da sus paseos diarios en bicicleta. Las calles de El Monte, donde suele ver a la gente haciendo su día a día: trabajando en el jardín, jugando al aire libre, niños jugando, trabajadores de servicios cortando el césped, parecen mucho más vacías.

1 week ago | sanfernandosun.com | Semantha Norris |Gabriel Arizon

El Día del Padre, el 16 de junio, poco después de las 8 a.m., seis autos con unos ocho agentes federales del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) rodearon a tres hombres afuera de la licorería Cork n’ Jug en la esquina de Truman Street y San Fernando Road. “Todos andaron tapados”dijo uno de los hombres, que pidió ser identificado solo como ‘Kiké’, al San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol. “Al principio, pensamos que eran policías”.

1 week ago | sanfernandosun.com | Semantha Norris

Names have been changed or omitted in this story to protect identities due to immigration status.  An eerie stillness hangs in the air when Louie takes his daily bike rides. The streets of El Monte, where he usually sees people going about their day – gardening outside, kids playing, service workers mowing a lawn – seem far emptier. It started last week, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) first hit their neighborhood with a caravan of unmarked vehicles flying down their streets.

1 week ago | sanfernandosun.com | Semantha Norris |Gabriel Arizon

On Father’s Day, June 16, just after 8 a.m., six cars with about eight federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents surrounded three men outside the Cork n’ Jug liquor store on the corner of Truman Street and San Fernando Road. “Todos andaron tapados, [they were all covered up],” one of the men, who asked only to be identified as ‘Kiké’, told the San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol.