California legislative leaders on Monday demanded detailed information from the Trump administration on immigration arrests and raids in the most populous US state, amid growing concern that agents are targeting non-criminals for deportation.
Citing reports that agents for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had gone to churches, schools and courthouses to find and arrest illegal immigrants, the legislature used the federal Freedom of Information Act to request all records of enforcement actions taken or planned since Republican Donald Trump was sworn in as president on Jan. 20.
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