Federal immigration officials launch raids in Denver area

Описание: (6 Feb 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Denver - 5 February 2025
1. Various of detained man being led away by authorities
2. Various of armed officers outside of the Cedar Run Apartment complex
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Stickline, resident, Cedar Run Apartments:
“Well, it started with a message in our tenant chat group. I got a message from my neighbor saying that cops were going from door to door. And then we figured out it was ICE. And about five minutes later, I got a knock on my own door. About six armed, heavily armed officers demanding an ID.”
4. Tight shot of officer's gun
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Stickline, resident, Cedar Run Apartments:
“We’re very scared. We’re heartbroken. It’s a very sad thing to see. And it’s also very scary to see all of this surrounding your home.”
6. Various of officers outside of the apartment complex
7. Armored vehicle outside of the apartment complex
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Stickline, resident, Cedar Run Apartments:
“I was in my home. It was 6 o’clock in the morning. They, I answered the door. They said, ‘We need an I.D.’ ‘Like, OK, what for? Clearly, I’m not what you’re looking for.’ And then I gave them an I.D. so they would move on, and they asked me to tattle on my neighbors, which I didn’t do.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Stickline, resident, Cedar Run Apartments:
“It’s insulting and infuriating because I would never snitch on my neighbors.”
10. Various of enforcement officers standing near a bus used in the raid
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Stickline, resident, Cedar Run Apartments:
“They’re mostly families, That’s it. I mean, their families. They work. They come home. They have kids who play, like. It gets a little loud and rowdy at some point, but they’re just people.”
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Protester:
“They think they can go door to door, building to building, block to block. They think they can make us be silent. Stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back. Stand up, fight back.”
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Yoni Roki, Eritrean Refugee, Cedar Run resident:
“The are coming unlegal to my house. They should have warrant papers, and they don’t have it. They don’t have anything.”
14. Various of officers outside of the apartment complex
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Yoni Roki, Eritrean Refugee, Cedar Run resident:
“We’re all human here, like. We are all refugee. Not from world countries. We’re from God. We’re all refugee in this world. We should support each other. We should just stuck together. The dictatorship, special like, um, Trump demonstration is a dictator right now. What he doing is unfair. It’s hunting the human being in the world. It’s unfair for me.”
16. Detained man being led away by authorities
17. Officer directing traffic
18. Various of a door broken during the raid
STORYLINE:
Federal immigration officials said they conducted an operation targeting members of a Venezuelan gang in the Denver area on Wednesday, but they didn’t immediately say how many gang members were arrested.

In a post on X, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said more than 100 members of Tren de Aragua were targeted for arrest and detention in Aurora, a Denver suburb where gang activity drew the attention of President Donald Trump during last year’s campaign. Operations were also seen elsewhere in the Denver area.


Immigration officers raided a large apartment complex in southeast Denver early Wednesday morning, going door-to-door and asking residents for identification.










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