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Emma Hall
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ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ & ᏣᎳᎩ (Blackfeet & Cherokee). Sacramento County reporter for The Sacramento Bee. A friend to all animals.
Reposted by Emma Hall
While the timing was coincidental, organizations that support immigrants announced a new partnership Thursday.

✍️: Stephen Hobbs
📷: Mariana Garcia
New Sacramento immigration support organization announces partnership amid raids
The announcement came hours after federal agents detained at least 12 people in south Sacramento.
www.sacbee.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Emma Hall
In related news: On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it is asking sheriffs in California counties for information on inmates in their jails who are not U.S. citizens.

✍️: Stephen Hobbs
📷: Hector Amezcua
Trump administration asks California sheriffs for data on immigrant inmates
“I look forward to cooperating with California’s county sheriffs,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said.
www.sacbee.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Emma Hall
State Sens. Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Alhambra, and Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, are carrying bills that would require federal agents to identify themselves and bar them from donning masks.

✍️: Lia Russell
Sacramento Border Patrol raid adds pressure for California Legislature to act
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said it was “critical” that California lawmakers act.
www.sacbee.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Emma Hall
Where is the South Sacramento Home Depot where masked and armed Border Patrol agents took 12 people into custody?

✍️: Darrell Smith
Where is the Sacramento Home Depot where Border Patrol made arrests?
ICE agents took several people from a Florin Road Home Depot earlier Thursday. The store sits on a busy stretch of Florin Road east of Franklin Boulevard.
www.sacbee.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Emma Hall
California Border Patrol agents weren’t the only ones at the Home Depot Thursday morning. National Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin joined federal agents in south Sacramento.

✍️: Molly Gibbs
Fox News correspondent was with border patrol agents in south Sacramento raid
Bill Melugin said he was with the federal agents as they arrested more than 10 people at a Home Depot.
www.sacbee.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Emma Hall
The spike in ICE raids raises questions about people’s rights when interacting with immigration enforcement and what witnesses should do.

Here’s what you should know ⬇️

✍️: Calista Oetama, Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado and Camila Pedrosa
Sacramento region has seen increased ICE raids: What rights do people have?
Here is what to know about the rights of individuals if you are affected by or witness immigration enforcement.
www.sacbee.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Emma Hall
As several people were detained in an immigration raid, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office was fielding calls from observers and federal officials, which created a timeline as events unfolded.

✍️: Ethan Wolin
Deputies got 911 call on Sacramento immigration raid. Feds called minutes later
A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher said at 7:49 a.m. that a caller had reported seeing masked, armed people “grabbing people and putting them into vehicles.”
www.sacbee.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM