House Democrats, led by Rep. Robert Garcia, are questioning the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) actions concerning visits to two Los Angeles elementary schools. The DHS claimed their agents aimed to conduct welfare checks on students suspected of being unaccompanied minors. However, school officials denied the claims and asserted that the targeted students weren't unaccompanied. The lawmakers have urged DHS to cease any immigration enforcement activity concerning children who aren't public safety threats, arguing that such actions erode community trust and cooperation with law enforcement.
"If you falsely claim to be conducting welfare checks while actually targeting children for deportation, you undermine willingness to cooperate with law enforcement, provoke fear, and undermine public trust."
"Federal agents showed up last Monday unannounced and without a judicial warrant at Russell Elementary and at Lillian Street Elementary in the Florence-Graham neighborhood of South Los Angeles."
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