Rafu Wire Service and Staff Reports

Gathering near the Japanese Fishing Village Memorial in San Pedro on July 11, local elected officials called on the federal government to end its use of Terminal Island as a staging area for immigration enforcement.

Speakers at the morning press conference included Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Gardena), Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, and Los Angeles City Concilmember Tim McOsker. and representatives of the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce and Harbor Peace Patrols.

“ICE is going after hard-working immigrants and their families, not criminals,” said Muratsuchi. “They are being rounded up and incarcerated like the Japanese Americans who once l

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