‘We got hooked’: arrests on US army base spark fear of military coordination with ICE

The traffic stops on a rural California base appeared routine – until immigration agents showed up. Experts and lawmakers say the incidents could violate US law Francisco Galicia paced his cell at Fort Hunter Liggett, a vast army base 160 miles south of San Francisco, on a Friday evening in January. His mind raced with thoughts of his five daughters waiting for him at home. Over several hours, immigration agents brought six more men into the frigid, cement-walled cell. As the men shared eeril...

By Jackie Botts