Community devastated after congregant arrested during immigration raid on L.A. church grounds

KTLA ^ | February 2, 2026 | by: Will Conybeare

[artichokegrower]

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.

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[artichokegrower]

“As the agents approached, Carlos froze briefly and then attempted to seek refuge on church grounds,” Medina-Núñez explained. “The agents did not hesitate to chase him, holding large firearms even as someone shouted that they were entering private property and that children, women and elders were present, many of them waiting in line for the food pantry.”

So he was not on church grounds but ran over there to escape

[Sarah Barracuda]

Every illegal alien criminal has a sob story, so of course the commies want them ALL to stay here..for votes of course

[ActresponsiblyinVA]

Is he an illegal immigrant?

[No name given]

Yes, he is.

[No name given]

That’s why every single illegal alien has to be like E.T and go home.

[frank ballenger]

That story is so much a bad optics sob story that it’s almost funny by overkill.

Too bad LA isn’t covered with ice snow pellets in a wind driven fight to survive as the brutal ICE thugs take his coat away as they search him, finding only a pitifully few dollars and coins he was donating to the people poorer than he.

[Vermont Lt]

Dude thought he was in medieval France, seeking “sanctuary.”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"church officials say [he] helps with children’s ministries."

Great. Now Pablo can go back to his own country and help with "children's ministries" there.

[Uncle Miltie]

No sanctuary for law breakers!

Arrest them where you find them!

[Presbyterian Reporter]

already posted

[cyclotic]

Guess the church never bothered with background checks on those n who help with children’s ministries.

[fidelis]

For the record, it was North Hills United Methodist Church.

[Freedom4US]

Illegal alien. Immigrants go through a port of entry and have authorization to be in the U.S.A.

“… church officials claim he helps with children’s ministries”

So did Jim Jones, way down there in Guyana.

[Magic Fingers]

“...a man who church officials say helps with children’s ministries.”

Don’t care. GET OUT.

[Secret Agent Man]

I am guessing the food giveaway was outside, amd he tried to run into one of the buildings.

[Yogafist]

He is not an “immigrant” legal or otherwise. He is an illegal alien. To carry him an “immigrant” is to fall into the leftist propaganda.

[doc maverick]

Wouldn’t be the first pedophile that taught Sunday school…..