Immigration authorities highlight criminal history of multiple migrants arrested in Los Angeles
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Federal immigration authorities said some of the migrants arrested in the Los Angeles area last week had criminal histories that included assault and drug offenses.

Nearly 45 people were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday alone, as officers swept through several locations, including two Home Depot stores, a store in the fashion district and a doughnut shop, prompting protests that continued through the weekend against immigration enforcement operations in which officers raided businesses to arrest workers. The weeklong tally of migrant arrests in the city surpassed 100.

One man has already been sent back to Mexico after being picked up at a Home Depot on Friday morning. During the demonstrations, David Huerta, president of SEIU California, a labor union, was arrested and charged with impeding a federal agent while protesting.

At the warehouse in the fashion district, agents executed a search warrant on Friday after a judge found there was probable cause that the employer was using fictitious documents for some of its workers, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesperson Ciaran McEvoy told The Associated Press.

Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales and Lionel Sanchez-Laguna

Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales and Lionel Sanchez-Laguna. (ICE)

Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales, 26, of Mexico, was removed from the U.S. on Saturday. His criminal history includes being sentenced in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to 239 days in jail for conspiracy to transport an illegal migrant.

Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, 55, of Mexico, was arrested on Tuesday. He has a criminal history in the city of Orange that includes being sentenced to 365 days in jail for discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and vehicle, being sentenced to four years probation for battery on a spouse or cohabitant, being sentenced to four years probation for willful cruelty to a child, being sentenced to 10 days in jail for driving under the influence, being sentenced to three years behind bars for assault with a semi-automatic firearm and being sentenced to three years behind bars for personal use of a firearm.

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