A Fascist State Always Destroys The Heart and Soul

A Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was beaten and arrested by masked federal agents while working at his landscaping job, caught up in one of the ongoing ICE workplace raids that advocates say have left immigrant communities terrified and on edge.

Alejandro Barranco told CNN Monday that his father, Narciso Barranco, was detained by federal agents Saturday afternoon while working as a landscaper at an IHOP in Santa Ana, California. The 25-year-old Marine veteran said his father was born in Mexico and has lived in the US since the 90s. He is undocumented but has no criminal record, his son said.

“He was always a good dad,” Alejandro Barranco said. “He always made sure we had food on the table. He always taught us to respect, to love our country, to always give back.”

Alejandro Barranco served four years in the Marines, he told CNN. His two younger brothers are currently active duty Marines.

“It’s hard for us,” he said. “We feel hurt, we feel betrayed.”

Narciso Barranco called his son from a detention facility, asking him to pick up his landscaping tools and finish the job he had been working on when he was arrested.