Outrage Grows After Undocumented Father Arrested in Front of Daughter Near School

[SYTFE]

Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was dropping off his daughters at school in Los Angeles on Tuesday when he was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His 13-year-old daughter, Fatima, sobbed as she recorded her father being handcuffed in front of her and her mother.

Avelica-Gonzalez, 48, who has been living in the United States for over 20 years, had just finished dropping off his 12-year-old daughter in the Highland Park neighborhood when he was detained. His 19-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, who was at work during the incident, told the LAist that a car had been following her father since the moment he left the house.

“My dad dropped off my first sister and then when he turned around, they turned on their light,” Jocelyn said. “My dad was really scared. He didn’t want to pull over, but he did. As soon as he did, one car went in front of his truck and one in back of his truck. They took him out and they arrested him.”

In the video, Fatima can be heard loudly weeping as her father is detained by men wearing jackets and vests marked “POLICE.” (Los Angeles officials have asked ICE agents to stop identifying themselves as such.) Her mother asks one of the officers in Spanish how to proceed before turning to her daughter and telling her: “Don’t cry, honey. Don’t cry. We have to be strong.”

Avelica-Gonzalez, the father of four U.S. citizens, was detained over a DUI conviction nearly 10 years ago and a two decade-old incident involving an incorrect registration sticker, according to a local ABC affiliate.

Harrowing Video Captures Teen Sobbing As ICE Arrests Her Dad On The Way To School | The Huffington Post
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Welcome to Trump's America, ripping families apart to create fear.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

No tears nor fucks were given on that day. The father put his child into this situation. He has no one to blame but himself.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It's about time!

I would have cheered had I been there

 

[SYTFE]

No tears nor fucks were given on that day. The father put his child into this situation. He has no one to blame but himself.

Bullshit.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

He was arrested due to his own actions. He should be ashamed for putting his family through this.

 

[SYTFE]

It's about time!

I would have cheered had I been there

Sociopaths generally cheer over families being torn apart, indeed.

 

[SYTFE]

He was arrested due to his own actions. He should be ashamed for putting his family through this.

Bullshit.

 

[TNHarley]

Sucks the children had to witness it, but it was his own irresponsible doings.

 

[jknowgood]

It's about time!

I would have cheered had I been there

Sociopaths generally cheer over families being torn apart, indeed.

Yes, get used to Trump making America great again!

 

[Preacher]

Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was dropping off his daughters at school in Los Angeles on Tuesday when he was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His 13-year-old daughter, Fatima, sobbed as she recorded her father being handcuffed in front of her and her mother.

Avelica-Gonzalez, 48, who has been living in the United States for over 20 years, had just finished dropping off his 12-year-old daughter in the Highland Park neighborhood when he was detained. His 19-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, who was at work during the incident, told the LAist that a car had been following her father since the moment he left the house.

“My dad dropped off my first sister and then when he turned around, they turned on their light,” Jocelyn said. “My dad was really scared. He didn’t want to pull over, but he did. As soon as he did, one car went in front of his truck and one in back of his truck. They took him out and they arrested him.”

In the video, Fatima can be heard loudly weeping as her father is detained by men wearing jackets and vests marked “POLICE.” (Los Angeles officials have asked ICE agents to stop identifying themselves as such.) Her mother asks one of the officers in Spanish how to proceed before turning to her daughter and telling her: “Don’t cry, honey. Don’t cry. We have to be strong.”

Avelica-Gonzalez, the father of four U.S. citizens, was detained over a DUI conviction nearly 10 years ago and a two decade-old incident involving an incorrect registration sticker, according to a local ABC affiliate.

Harrowing Video Captures Teen Sobbing As ICE Arrests Her Dad On The Way To School | The Huffington Post
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Welcome to Trump's America, ripping families apart to create fear.

3rd thread on same topic.

 

[Ricky LIbtardo]

It's about time!

I would have cheered had I been there

Sociopaths generally cheer over families being torn apart, indeed.

No, you idiot, sociopaths cheer when people get away with committing crimes.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

No tears nor fucks were given on that day. The father put his child into this situation. He has no one to blame but himself.

Bullshit.

I speak from experience. I have been arrested in front of my children before. It was 100% my own fault. Not the government's, not the cops, not the left, not the right....MINE & mine alone, because of MY CHOICES

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

He was arrested due to his own actions. He should be ashamed for putting his family through this.

Bullshit.

I know.. mean 'ole Trump!!!

 

[SYTFE]

Sucks the children had to witness it, but it was his own irresponsible doings.

Events like this are designed to create fear. The fact that it was done in front of a school makes it pretty obvious. These clowns were even wearing "Police" shirts and they're not supposed to do that -- and have been told to not continue wearing those shirts.

 

[DGS49]

If the family is "torn apart," that is entirely the result of the voluntary, knowing activity by the arrested man. I am dead certain that if he wanted to bring his wife and children back with him to Mexico, that country would welcome them, even if some are U.S. citizens by birth. It all grows out of his original decision to come here illegally.

How pathetic it is that news media portray government officials enforcing the law as something to be outraged about.

And people here go along with it.

 

[TNHarley]

Sucks the children had to witness it, but it was his own irresponsible doings.

Events like this are designed to create fear. The fact that it was done in front of a school makes it pretty obvious. These clowns were even wearing "Police" shirts and they're not supposed to do that -- and have been told to not continue wearing those shirts.

I wont argue with that but if he was being responsible, none of this would have happened. Society comes with responsibilities.

 

[SYTFE]

No tears nor fucks were given on that day. The father put his child into this situation. He has no one to blame but himself.

Bullshit.

I speak from experience. I have been arrested in front of my children before. It was 100% my own fault. Not the government's, not the cops, not the left, not the right....MINE & mine alone, because of MY CHOICES

Well, to be fair, picking up prostitutes is something you should do in private.

 

[BlackFlag]

She should be covered in a shroud while Trump is President

 

[SYTFE]

It's about time!

I would have cheered had I been there

Sociopaths generally cheer over families being torn apart, indeed.

No, you idiot, sociopaths cheer when people get away with committing crimes.

Such as the ICE scumbags impersonating police officers? You do know that's a crime, right?

 

[deannalw]

Why was the wife speaking Spanish instead of English after all these years?