The Division of Homeland Safety mentioned it is investigating safety digital camera video that allegedly exhibits immigration brokers urinating in a Pico Rivera highschool’s parking zone.
The El Rancho Faculty Unified District launched the safety video from Ruben Salazar Excessive Faculty on Wednesday. Faculty board president John Contreras mentioned it occurred within the morning on June 17 when faculty was not in session.
“ERUSD surveillance footage captured roughly 10 ICE brokers urinating close to storage containers on the Salazar campus parking zone,” Contreras mentioned.
Whereas the campus was empty, Superintendent Marco Villegas mentioned the incident occurred close to a metropolis park and an elementary faculty, which was internet hosting summer time courses. Villegas mentioned he’s not certain if the federal brokers had been in plain view of the scholars.
The college district acknowledged that Homeland Safety didn’t acquire permission earlier than coming into the campus and didn’t present a cause for its brokers’ presence in the highschool parking zone.
“Not solely did ICE brokers unlawfully trespass ERUSD faculty grounds, however they didn’t train sound and respectful judgment,” Contreras mentioned.
Prison protection lawyer Neama Rahmani mentioned urinating in public is usually a misdemeanor offense.
“Any regular individual or civilian who was urinating on faculty property may very well be charged with trespassing,” Rahmani mentioned. “They may very well be charged with indecent publicity. They’re misdemeanors. Clearly, subsequent offenses may very well be felonies.”
Immigration brokers have carried out a number of operations in Pico Rivera and all through Los Angeles County over the past month.
