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March 30, 2017

California: Protesters Target Top Immigration Enforcement Official
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In California, hundreds of protesters confronted the head of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday as he appeared at a town
hall meeting in Sacramento. ICE Director Thomas Homan was invited to the
forum by Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, a Trump supporter who
backs cooperation between police and ICE agents. Among those protesting
was Bernard Marks, an 87-year-old Auschwitz Holocaust survivor who
compared ICE's actions to Nazis.

Bernard Marks: "When I was a little boy in Poland, for no other reason
but for being Jewish, I was hauled off by the Nazis. And for no other
reason, I was picked up and separated from my family, who was
exterminated in Auschwitz. And I am a survivor of Auschwitz and Dachau.
… You stand up here, Mr. Jones. Don't forget. History is not on your
side."

One man was escorted out of the town hall after protesting a statement
by Director Homan that ICE agents don't target immigrants at churches
and schools.


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