"A video shot by a member of the Los Angeles Rapid Response Network, an immigrant advocacy coalition, shows the man with his hands behind his back and leaning up against his car before being escorted away as two masked agents with helmets and bulletproof vests get into the car and drive away. The man's 1-year-old daughter appears in a blurred image strapped in a car seat in the back."
"In an email, an agency spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said a U.S. citizen got out of his vehicle wielding a hammer and throwing rocks as Border Patrol agents carried out the raid. Officials said he was arrested for investigation of assault and that a pistol was found in his car that is reported stolen out of the state of New York."
"It was a dangerous act to have armed men get in a car with that child and remove her from the situation, said Lindsay Toczylowski, co-founder of Immigrant Defenders Law Center. The firm, which handles immigration cases, was contacted by community members for help reuniting the family, but isn't representing the man because he is American, she said. Toczylowski said the girl's relatives later picked up the child from federal offices in Los Angeles."
Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen outside a Home Depot during a raid. Video shows the man with hands behind his back leaning against his car while two masked agents in helmets and bulletproof vests entered the vehicle and drove away with the man's 1-year-old daughter strapped in a rear car seat. Community members yelled that there was a baby in the back. Relatives later picked up the child from federal offices. Department of Homeland Security said the man wielded a hammer, threw rocks, was arrested for investigation of assault, and a pistol reported stolen from New York was found in his car. Five immigrants were arrested on suspicion of immigration violations.
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