One man told his parents he thought he signed for a Covid test but feared he had accidentally consented to deportation
Some Angelenos rounded up by federal immigration agents have already been deported, according to a new report, as a fuller picture emerges of the immigrants arrested during raids in Los Angeles that have triggered a wave of protests there and in other cities across the US.
The Trump administration has not released a count – but the parents of a 23-year-old member of Mexico’s Indigenous Zapotec community told the Washington Post they had received a phone call from their son telling them he had been dropped off at the US-Mexico border and told to cross over.
The man, who was arrested at Ambiance Apparel in Los Angeles on Friday, told his parents he thought he had signed a consent form to a coronavirus test but may have accidentally instead signed off on his deportation.
“The way they deported him wasn’t right,” his 42-year-old father, Javier, told the outlet. “He is a calm, working man. We are asking for justice because they violated his rights.” They said he had no criminal record and had been in the US for four years.
