ICE Agents Caught On Camera Urinating On School Campus Next To Preschool: Officials

LOS ANGELES, CA — Officials are calling for a federal investigation after they say a parade of immigration agents were caught on camera using the campus of a Southeast Los Angeles County high school as their outdoor urinal in broad daylight.

The incident occurred on June 17 at around 9 a.m., when eight to 10 marked and unmarked Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles entered the parking lot of Ruben Salazar High School in Pico Rivera without permission, according to El Rancho Unified School District Officials.

The video appears to show a group of agents, one by one, taking turns urinating in the same spot behind a storage container. The area is located adjacent to a preschool playground and a public park.

"These actions by DHS and ICE agents raise alarming and pressing questions regarding ICE's behavior and judgment, as well as concerns about the rights and well-being of those involved including the ERUSD community," the district's Board of Education said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "This behavior simply has no room in a K-12 educational setting."

Salazar staff members told the agents they did not have permission to park on the campus and asked them to leave, the letter states, and the agents left soon afterward.

"At no time was a legal or legitimate reason offered or provided as to why ICE agents entered and remained on school grounds, nor did they provide any judicial warrant(s)," school officials said.

Over 90% of Pico Rivera residents are Latino, according to U.S. Census estimates.

The city has been the site of recent enforcement actions by federal immigration authorities, including one that ended in the dramatic arrest of a U.S. citizen.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who represents Pico Rivera, joined district officials in asking for the incident to be investigated.

"It's not enough that they've spent weeks violently ambushing people," Hahn said in a statement. "Now, ICE and CBP [Customs and Border Protection] agents are allegedly entering school campuses, pulling down their pants, and urinating on playgrounds. It's a slap in the face to our communities — especially to our children. I join the El Rancho Unified School District in demanding a full federal investigation into this incident."

Homeland Security officials told KTLA that the "matter is under investigation."

City News Service contributed to this report.