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LOS ANGELES ù Some Southern California communities are canceling or rescheduling July Fourth events as immigration arrests spread fear
across the region.

But organizations that oppose President Donald TrumpÆs immigration
policies plan to proceed with protests in downtown Los Angeles,
where large demonstrations last month sometimes turned violent,
prompting Trump to call in the state National Guard and U.S.
Marines over the governor's objections.

The city said it would postpone its annual Fourth of July block
party ôin light of recent events affecting a portion of Downtown
Los Angeles and the ongoing circumstances impacting the region.ö

The event is held each year in Gloria Molina Grand Park near City
Hall and several federal buildings, including one now being used as
a detention center that has been a focal point for demonstrations
against raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

During a ôNo Kingsö march on June 14, protesters fled from tear
gas, pepper spray and less-lethal munitions fired by law
enforcement officers, and large crowds were pushed away from
federal buildings and into Grand Park, where demonstrators
scrambled up a small hill to safety.

More than 1,618 people in Los Angeles have been arrested by the
federal government since it began clamping down on residents
without citizenship last month, according to the Department of
Homeland Security.

The detentions have spread fear across Southern California, where
some 1.4 million people are estimated to live without full legal authorization, according to the nonpartisan Migration Policy
Institute.

Several L.A.-based organizations said they will launch another
round of protests Thursday near Grand Park, and a coalition of
multifaith organizations, labor unions, activists and artists will
hold a ôfreedomö car cruise and rally outside City Hall.

Later, activists with the group Centro CSO will hold a march
outside the federal courthouse, calling for charges to be dropped
against Alejandro Orellana, who was arrested in connection with
distributing face shields to ôsuspected rioters."

He faces charges of conspiracy to commit civil disorder and aiding
and abetting civil disorders. He was released on bond last month
and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

On Friday, the local chapter of 50501, which organized the ôNo
Kingsö rally, will hold an all-day demonstration outside City Hall
to demand an ôend to the occupationö of Los Angeles by ICE, the
National Guard and the Marines.

ôThis isnÆt a celebration,ö the group said in a statement. ôItÆs a
stand.ö

Smaller communities throughout Los Angeles County with large
immigrant populations are also rethinking Fourth of July
celebrations. In East Los Angeles, a historically Latino area, the neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights and El Sereno have
postponed July Fourth festivities after several high-profile
immigration arrests.

Federal agents last month rammed and trapped a car carrying four
U.S. citizens, including a man, woman and two children, in Boyle
Heights. The Department of Homeland Security said its target was
Christian Damian Cerno-Camacho, who was arrested in connection with
punching an immigration officer.

A lawyer representing Cerno-CamachoÆs family said he is planning to
file a lawsuit against the federal government.

This week, Boyle Heights activists shut down a bridge that links
downtown Los Angeles to the small enclave and marched with
mariachis to the site of another recent arrest.

Demands for the National Guard to return to normal duties were
answered in part this week when 150 members were reassigned to
wildfire season preparation. Some 4,000 National Guard members and
700 Marines remain at federal buildings in Los Angeles while a
lawsuit filed by the state against the Trump administration is
pending in court.

A three-judge appeals court panel has said that the White House
likely lawfully exercised its authority when Trump federalized the
National Guard without Gov. Gavin NewsomÆs consent. The ruling
halted a lower courtÆs decision, which found the Trump
administration had illegally activated the troops.

Newsom said last month that he will pursue legal action to regain
control of the guard.

Lawmakers and legal organizations are waging their own court
battles ahead of the holiday weekend. On Wednesday, immigrant
rights groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration,
seeking to block an ôongoing pattern and practice of flouting the
Constitution and federal lawö during immigration raids in Los
Angeles.

ôSince June 6th, marauding, masked goons have descended upon Los
Angeles, terrorizing our brown communities and tearing up the
Constitution in the process,ö said Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff
attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.

ôNo matter their status or the color of their skin," he added,
"everyone is guaranteed Constitutional rights to protect them from
illegal stops. We will hold DHS accountable.ö

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the
claims are false.

This week, county supervisors approved a motion to pursue legal
action against the Trump administration. The vote came after U.S.
Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles over
its sanctuary city policies, which prevent local police agencies
from voluntarily cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.

The U.S. government claims sanctuary city ordinances discriminate
against federal law enforcement agencies by treating them
differently from other policing authorities.

A santuary city is blatant insurrection. Arrest all the leaders,
try them overnight, and hang them in the morning.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-cancels-july- fourth-events-deportation-fears-rcna216174

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