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During a press briefing on Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned that if so-called sanctuary cities continued to hinder the implementation of federal immigration law, then federal law enforcement funds would be pulled. CBS Evening News pushed back against the Trump administration’s efforts by playing on the fears regarding, as anchor Scott Pelley said, “Who is being targeted.” Meanwhile, both ABC and NBC chose not to report on Sessions’ threat.
Reporter Ben Tracy started his segment with the story of Estefani Ortiz, whose father was recently taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. “19-year-old Estefani Ortiz says immigration and customs enforcement agents came to her house in Pasadena last month looking for someone who did not live there,” he explained, “They arrested her father, Carlos Ortiz, instead. He was in the country illegally but had no criminal record.”
“He stepped out and he never came back in,” the girl told Tracy, “Why did we open the door? Nobody's going to want to open the door. Everyone is scared.” According to Tracy, “The Los Angeles police department says aggressive ICE enforcement tactics are also having a chilling effect on Latinos reporting crimes.”
Tracy highlighted the efforts of California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye who was resisting the U.S. Attorney General. “So she wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff sessions, accusing federal agents of ‘stalking undocumented immigrants in our courthouses to make arrests,’” he noted.
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