During a press conference, Mayor Karen Bass alleged that ICE agents had been at a homeless shelter, igniting anxiety among residents in Los Angeles amid ongoing federal immigration enforcement actions. In a city identified as a 'sanctuary city,' tensions between local officials and the federal government are mounting. ICE quickly denied the claim made by Bass, stating it was false, which further complicated the narrative around immigration enforcement in sensitive areas like homeless shelters. The situation at Whitsett West Tiny Home Village, where the claim originated, was particularly unusual and remains ambiguous.
ICE's parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, quickly responded to Bass' comments, saying they were 'false.' '[ICE] is not in homeless shelters.'
According to Laura Harwood, Hope the Mission's deputy chief program officer, people in a car tried to get access to the tiny home village on Thursday afternoon, telling security guards that they were American citizens.
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