As ICE agents enter LA communities, here's what the law says about civil rights

President Donald Trump returned to the White House this year promising to carry out the “largest deportation operation” in U.S. history.

On Friday, federal agents conducted a series of immigration sweeps across Los Angeles in the first large-scale enforcement action under the new Trump Administration. The protests in L.A. were among numerous heated encounters between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents around the nation in recent days.

Local immigrants rights groups, which have braced for this for months, pushed back in protests marked by resistance and anger.

As top local leaders decried the arrests, White House officials promised they'd carry on more sweeps.

In light of this activity, we're looking back at a story first published in January detailing existing rights.

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