Yesterday KTLA in Los Angeles wrote and article claiming that ICE agents targeted a church in San Fernando Valley in order to arrest an illegal alien.
Here’s the video:
And here’s what they wrote:
A San Fernando Valley community is outraged and devastated after federal immigration agents forced their way onto the grounds of a church during a food giveaway and arrested a man who church officials say helps with children’s ministries.
Leaders of the North Hills United Methodist Church gathered on Monday morning for a news conference to denounce the immigration raid that took place at the house of worship on Rayen Street on Jan. 29, an incident church officials called “terror at a house of God.”
“With sadness and pain in our hearts we want to share that on January 29 our Beloved Church was desecrated by immigration agents who entered our property wearing masks and carrying weapons. Despite being asked not to enter, they did not respect our request and forced their way in,” the church posted on Facebook. “They ran throughout the church property among families, children and elderly people while we were serving our food ministry, among other ministries that we were forced to stop. This tragedy caused significant trauma to members of our church and to the broader community. This was a violation of our Sacred Right to Worship and Serve our Lord Jesus Christ Freely and Safely.”
KTLA has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment on the incident but did not receive an immediate response.
This story will be updated when the Department of Homeland Security responds to KTLA’s request for comment.
First of all, this is absolutely not true. And second of all, they never updated their article with the response they got from Homeland Security.
DHS just posted on X, calling them out for their lies and dishonest reporting, and included the screenshot of their email response yesterday not long after the article was initially published:
This is dishonest reporting by @KTLA. KTLA omitted our official statement, sent to them yesterday, which clearly states that U.S. Border Patrol did NOT target the United Methodist Church or its parking lot in North Hills, California. We look forward to them updating their story, but screenshots are forever.
Carlos Chavez-Guzman, an illegal alien from Mexico who was previously removed from the United States in 2016, chose to flee from law enforcement—a federal crime—leading officers on a foot chase before his arrest. This operation also resulted in the arrest of two other individuals from Mexico who have violated the immigration laws of our country. All three of these illegal aliens will remain in ICE custody pending removal.
We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure with the CBP Home App. The United States is offering illegal aliens $2,600 and a free flight to self-deport now.
Why would they ask for comment and then not publish the response? Oh, I get it. They didn’t like the fact that it contradicted their reporting and would have taken all the saliciousness out of their article, which was no doubt going viral in LA. So they ignored it. Completely.
What garbage!