A protest broke out Friday against the ICE raids in Paramount, California, that happened earlier that day. Law enforcement arrested protesters for unlawful assembly and assault on peace officers in some cases, but Barragán denied the allegations of violent protesters.
“It started peacefully. Then we had federal officers, you know, doing the tear gas, shooting out pellets,” Barragán said on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.
“By federal officers, you mean ICE?” host Dana Bash interjected.
“ICE, yes,” Barragán said. “And, you know, people were there to protest. They’re there to protest the mass deportations that are happening. And so it was peaceful. And of course, you escalate the situation. Now you‘re talking about bringing in the National Guard to militarize the situation. It‘s
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