Andrea Velez
speaker
28 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 26 Nov
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Good morning and thank you for having me.
My name is Andrea Velez, a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and a Cal Poly Pomona graduate.
I was raised with morals, kindness, respect, and always doing what is right.
I am soft-spoken, but today I must speak for myself and for those who cannot.
On Tuesday, June 24, my mother and sister dropped me off at work.
Seconds later, unmarked cars swarmed the streets, and masked men in plain clothing began chasing and attacking people without identifying themselves as ICE.
One of them ran towards me.
Terrified, I used my work bag as a shield, but he slammed me into the sidewalk and accused me of interfering.
When I asked for his badge or a warrant, he refused and handcuffed me.
They didn't believe I was a US citizen or bothered to check my ID.
My mother and sisters saw it all, powerless to intervene, they called 911.
But LAPD assisted ICE instead of protecting me.
Another US citizen, Luis Ippolito, was detained that day for recording.
He was pepper sprayed, beaten.
They minimized his pain as not a big deal, despite convulsing, bleeding, and struggling to breathe.
Only after he was into shock did ICE call an ambulance.
I spent most of that first day shackled in a van,
watching others arrive distraught and taken against their will, while ambulances came and went for those attacked.
Inside, I was denied the right to call my family or speak to a lawyer.
I refused to disclose my whereabouts.
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