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Workers jump across roofs during ICE raid
Construction workers in Montebello jumped across roofs to get away from ICE agents in Los Angeles County.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Doorbell camera captures the tense moments where a pair of construction workers begin running (and jumping) for their lives in Los Angeles County.
What we know:
The video, shared by Eddie Huerta via Storyful, showed a group of armed agents pulling into a home construction site in Montebello, California.
In the video, one of the construction workers grabbed a ladder, climbed up to the roof as federal agents began following him up. One worker hopped across one roof to the roof of a different house, while the second worker ended up doing the same in the opposite direction.
What we don't know:
As of Thursday, January 15, it is unknown what ended up happening to the construction workers. No arrests were announced in connection to the raid from that particular site.
The backstory:
The nationwide ICE raids have been taking place since the start of President Donald Trump's second term in office. Over the last year, the mass-deportation efforts by the Trump administration have led to countless protests, in addition to violence involving ICE agents.
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This story was reported from Los Angeles.
The Source: This report used information provided by Storyful.