Federal agents raided a nightclub on early Friday and arrested 36 Chinese and Taiwanese citizens suspected of being in the country illegally, authorities said.
Los Angeles National Security Officers, Immigration and Customs Compliance Agents of the United States and members of the Royal Financial Crimes Task Force of El Camino made arrests during “an application operation in an underground nightclub” according to a statement shared in X.
A video shared by HSI Los Angeles shows an officer who puts a vest in a parking lot before dawn, before moving on to a day light scene of a group of people curled up on the sidewalk outside a building, some with their heads inclined. Officers are shown by handling individuals and carrying them in white vans.
It is not clear where the underground nightclub is located.
More details about the research were not available immediately. The role of the task force of real financial crimes on the road in the raid was not clear either.
The group is an initiative of several federal and state investigators agencies focused on financial crimes in southern California. Members include HSI Los Angeles, the criminal investigations of the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Prosecutor's Office for the Central District of California and the California Department of Justice.
On Wednesday, an investigation that involved the working group led to the arrest of 14 people, including the residents of San Fernando and Glendale, who were accused of being part of a transnational criminal network that obtained more than $ 25 million in relief funds COVID-19.
The action of application of the immigration of Friday occurs when ICE works to comply with the orders of President Trump to increase the rhythm of arrests and deportations throughout the country. On Thursday, the agency announced that it achieved its greatest number of arrests in history this week.
On Monday, HSI Los Angeles arrested 12 Mexican citizens on suspicion of being illegally present in the United States after they traveled in a small boat from Mexico to Long Beach.
In April, it is estimated that two dozen workers of the day were arrested in a customs and border protection action of the United States outside a home in Pomona. At the beginning of the year, the CBP agents made a three -day raid in the rural parts of Kern County aimed at day workers and Latin agricultural workers.
