Inside ICE Protest Trials in Los Angeles

About this episode

The episode discusses the criminal cases arising from protests in Los Angeles against immigration enforcement actions with insights from public defenders.

John is joined by Rebecca Abel, Supervising Deputy Federal Public Defender, and Kyra Nickell, Deputy Federal Public Defender, both with the Los Angeles Federal Public Defender's Office. They discuss the wave of criminal cases arising from protests in Los Angeles against immigration enforcement actions. Rebecca and Kyra offer their own insights and do not speak on behalf of the Los Angeles Federal Public Defender's Office. The government has filed more than seventy criminal cases in Los Angele...

People in this episode

Host: John

Guests: Rebecca Abel, Kyra Nickell

Topics covered

• protests
• immigration enforcement
• criminal cases
• legal insights
• public defense

Keywords

• ICE protests
• criminal cases
• Los Angeles
• immigration
• public defender

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Federal Public Defender's Office

Places: Los Angeles

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