How lawmakers helped find a Santa Ana father in ICE custody – NBC Los Angeles

A Santa Ana household was capable of find their father with the assistance of two California legislators after he was captured on video being punched and detained by federal brokers over the weekend.

Narciso Barranco, a 48-year-old landscaper and father of three Marines, was being held in ICE custody on the federal detention heart in downtown Los Angeles.

California Senator Alex Padilla and Santa Ana Congressman Lou Carrera each stepped in to assist the Barranco household find their father after not realizing his whereabouts following his arrest.

“He is been on this nation for 25 years, not a visitors ticket, three sons which are U.S. Marines,” stated Congressman Correa. “To have three sons who’ve taken an oath to defend this nation, to provide their lives as much as this nation, and that is the remedy he is gotten from these brokers. That is very unhappy.”

Correa says it was difficult to find Barranco as a result of he, together with different members of Congress, has been precluded from trying into ICE detention amenities.

“We made a whole lot of cellphone calls, we talked to a whole lot of people within the system, and at last we discovered that he was in Los Angeles this morning,” stated Correa.

The Santa Ana congressman added that Barranco’s son, Alejandro, was lastly capable of see his father and get him to signal authorization papers to get an legal professional to characterize him.

In an interview Tuesday afternoon, Alejandro Barranco stated he spoke along with his father by way of a window barrier on the federal detention heart.

“He appeared unhealthy. He appeared actually unhealthy,” Alejandro stated. “He was sporting the identical garments as after they received him. Nonetheless had blood on his shirt. He simply appeared scared. His eyes are all crimson. He says they burn.”

Finding the place his father was being held was difficult, Barranco stated.

“It’s totally exhausting,” Alejandro stated. “To search out him, we would not have identified the place he was if, over the cellphone name he did not inform us what the deal with was.”

Correa says they’re hoping that Barranco is launched on bond and has his day in court docket.

“He is a law-abiding taxpayer. Three of his kids are within the Marines. He deserves a possibility to be on this nation,” stated Correa. “25 years on this nation, not a visitors ticket. These are the sorts of immigrants America wants.”

In video of the weekend arrest, a federal agent was seen punching Narciso Barranco, who has lived in the US for greater than 30 years, when he was pinned to the bottom.

He was working a landscaping job exterior an IHOP on Ritchey Avenue and Edinger Avenue when he was approached by Border Patrol brokers. The Division of Homeland Safety shared on social media Monday that Barranco assaulted a federal agent with a weed whacker as he was being taken into custody.

However his household stated the longtime landscaper was attempting to guard himself from pepper spray and a number of other armed brokers. 

Alejandro stated his father at all times knew he might be taken into custody by federal immigration authorities, however took the chance to offer for his household. Barranco’s two different sons are at the moment serving within the Marine Corps.

In an announcement to Monday to NBCLA, the Division of Homeland Safety stated Barranco was in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

“Border Patrol Brokers arrested an unlawful alien who tried to evade legislation enforcement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated. “The unlawful alien ran, then turned and swung a weed whacker straight at an agent’s face. He then fled by way of a busy intersection and raised the weed whacker once more on the agent. The unlawful alien refused to conform each step of the best way—resisting instructions, combating handcuffs, and refusing to determine himself. The brokers took applicable motion and adopted their coaching to make use of the minimal quantity of pressure essential to resolve the scenario in a way that prioritizes the protection of the general public and our officers. He’s now in ICE custody.”