ICE releases criminal histories of illegal immigrant mother and son arrested in California amid backlash

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a parent and lad surviving successful the United States illegally some person transgression histories amid backlash implicit their arrests successful California past month.

The household of Yolanda Perez and her son, Jonathan Tejeda-Perez, said the brace were arrested adjacent their location successful the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte connected Feb. 24. The household said that ICE agents claimed to person had a warrant but ne'er showed them one, Fox Los Angeles reported. 

Yolana Perez's daughter, Xitali Tejeda, told the quality outlet that her parent was ambushed portion moving her car for a metropolis street-sweeping conveyance erstwhile her member tried to intervene. Yolanda Pedrez was seen connected video crying arsenic ICE agents detained her, saying, "They're going to instrumentality me."

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ICE is conducting flights to region amerciable immigrants from the U.S. and backmost to their location countries. (ICE Seattle)

The household said the parent has nary transgression grounds and is the superior caretaker for her daughter, 21, who is incapable to locomotion and is battling cancer. 

The assemblage has rallied astir the family. U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., who represents El Monte, criticized the arrest. 

"These arrests are sickening, and I person sedate concerns with however these arrests were reported to person been carried retired by ICE," Cisneros said successful a statement. "The 31st District is location to galore migrant families who came to our state wanting to lend to our communities and section economy."

"This El Monte household was simply trying to attraction for the youngest girl and enactment to supply her with the healthcare treatments she needs. Stoking fear, targeting our assemblage members, and ripping isolated families is not an acceptable solution for our breached migration system," helium added. "We request humane broad migration betterment that addresses atrocious actors, but inactive upholds our American values and helps bring immigrants who person been surviving successful our state retired of the shadows. My bureau volition proceed to show this situation."

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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau successful a national gathering successful downtown Los Angeles. ICE is pushing backmost against disapproval implicit the arrests of a parent and lad illegally successful the United States. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the congressman's office. 

An ICE spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Yolanda Perez entered the U.S. illegally astatine an chartless clip and date. She was arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department successful July 2005 for theft. 

Jonathan Tejeda-Perez, who besides entered the U.S. illegally astatine immoderate point, has aggregate arrests, ICE said. He was arrested by the sheriff's section for possession of a controlled substance, possession of unlawful paraphernalia, driving without a licence successful 2014, possession of a controlled substance successful 2015, possession of unlawful paraphernalia, and driving without a licence successful 2016, ICE said. 

Tejeda-Perez was besides arrested successful 2017 by the Arcadia Police Department for possession of a controlled substance, the Los Angeles Police Department for spot theft, and the United States Postal Inspection Service successful Los Angeles for theft oregon receipt of stolen mail. 

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department vehicle. An off-duty LASD lawman was changeable and killed by constabulary successful Fontana, California connected Tuesday. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

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In that case, helium was convicted for theft oregon receipt of stolen mail.

Both parent and lad are being detained pending migration proceedings. The ICE cognition was successful enactment with the Trump administration's edict that transgression amerciable immigrants beryllium arrested and deported.