In response to U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez’s post on X where he alerts the Los Angeles community of Border Patrol presence in the Fashion District, First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli quoted the post with:
“A friendly reminder that the public has a First Amendment right to call the number below and provide inaccurate information.”
This was subsequently followed with a photo listing various rapid response network numbers for Kern County, Central Valley, Orange County, Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, San Bernardino/Riverside, CHIRLA, Immigrant Defenders, and the Immigrant Rapid Response Hotline for Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura.
L.A. TACO spoke with one of the listed rapid response groups who stated they have experienced a rise in harassment…
Harassment and spam are not actually protected.
Yeah it’s actually high risk to think you’re gonna get away with it. Very easy to catch charges particularly when it includes threats.
