Educators and elected officials blasted ICE for what they said was the third arrest this month of a parent outside a San Diego-area elementary school.
In the latest case, armed men in bulletproof vests arrested a father in front of an Encinitas elementary school Wednesday morning while his young daughter watched, officials said.
In a video of the incident posted to Instagram by a parent group, the men, at least one with his face covered, can be seen pulling a man dressed in a neon orange safety shirt and work boots out of a pickup truck.
The incident occurred at Park Dale Lane Elementary in Village Park, at 7:30 a.m., after the father had left the drop-off line, local officials said. During the arrest, bystanders asked the agents for a warrant signed by a judge; they apparently did not