Border Patrol agents arrived outside the Japanese American National Museum as Gov. Gavin Newsom held a news conference about Democratic efforts to counter congressional redistricting in Texas. A strawberry delivery driver, Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios, was unloading boxes nearby and was unaware of the political event or the agents massing. He was arrested by Border Patrol and now faces deportation after nearly a decade in the United States. Newsom accused the Trump administration of attempting to intimidate political opponents by sending agents, while DHS said agents were focused on enforcing the law. Newsom submitted a Freedom of Information Act request about the agents' presence. Minguela says he is not a criminal and was detained at the "B-18" federal detention center.
The strawberry delivery driver was making his last drop-off in Little Tokyo, unloading nearly a dozen boxes onto the sidewalk outside the Japanese American National Museum. Inside the building, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies were holding a news conference about a Democratic Party plan to fight back against President Trump's efforts to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives through redistricting in Texas.
Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios knew nothing of the powerful men's clash as he stacked cardboard boxes filled with ripe, red fruit Thursday morning. Minguela was caught between the two spectacles. His life was about to be upended. In the days that followed, Newsom accused the Trump administration of trying to intimidate the president's political opponents by sending the immigration agents. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin has said the agents were "focused on enforcing the law" not on Newsom. Newsom has since submitted a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records from the administration about why agents arrived at the museum as he was announcing his latest skirmish with the president.
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