LOS ANGELES, California — Residents in the Highland Park neighborhood are installing warning sirens to alert neighbors when federal immigration agents are seen in the area, part of a grassroots response to stepped-up enforcement actions.
Organizers with the Highland Park Community Support Group say the sirens are intended to give families time to move indoors if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are spotted nearby. Amanda Alcalde, who founded the group, said flyers have already been distributed and the first siren is scheduled to be installed Feb. 23 near Monte Vista Street and Avenue 56, close to a dual-language school.
“If you hear the siren, ICE is in the community,” one flyer states.
Because the initiative is not city-sanctioned, organizers are working with private homeowners and businesses to mount the sirens on private property. The effort is funded through community donations. Volunteers have also handed out whistles so residents can alert each other to enforcement activity.
Federal officials have not commented on the siren system. The effort follows a directive from Mayor Karen Bass limiting the use of city-owned property by federal immigration authorities.
Activists say fear has grown in the community in recent weeks, prompting neighbors to coordinate localized warning measures.
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