SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, in response federal immigration operations in Boyle Heights, Assemblymember González has issued the following statement:
“Vendors were simply working, selling flowers, feeding families, surviving. And for that, they were hunted down and detained. Let’s be clear: working is not a crime.
The only thing “illegal” here is a federal government terrorizing communities, ripping people off sidewalks and job sites, and calling it enforcement.
This is cruelty by design. This is intimidation. And Boyle Heights sees it for exactly what it is: BULLSH*T!”
To read the full Boyle Heights Beat article covering the raids in Boyle Heights and East LA, please see below:
https://thelalocal.org/neighborhoods/boyle-heights/flower-vendor-ice-raid-boyle-heights/
Assemblymember Mark González is the Assembly Majority Whip. He serves on the Committees on Appropriations, Health, Public Safety, Rules, and Utilities & Energy. He represents the 54th District, composed of the cities of Los Angeles, Commerce, Montebello, and Vernon.