Mayor Karen Bass addresses the media Nov. 24 prior to the start of a congressional field hearing to address and document unlawful detentions and abuses by federal immigration agents. U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia cochaired the hearing with Bass.

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LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass joined U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, and other elected officials at a congressional field hearing Nov. 24 to address and document unlawful detentions and abuses by federal immigration agents. More than 200 people attended the hearing in downtown Los Angeles.

“No community should be made to live in fear of unwarranted persecution,” Bass said. “This hearing creates a record of the unlawful abuses that Angelenos, including U.S. citizens have faced.

“The firsthand accounts

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