Law enforcement authorities are warning about social media hoaxes falsely claiming that police are setting up checkpoints aimed at deporting people here illegally. They have received questions about it from people who saw information about the checkpoints on social media. Immigration groups said the claims of deportation checkpoints, which have surfaced on Instagram and other social media platforms, have unnerved some in the U.S. without proper papers. She said that while the agency does run operations involving immigration enforcement, it does not create random checkpoints aimed at mass deportations. ALSOSeattle judge temporarily blocks Trump's immigration order nationwideNearly 60,000 visas revoked since Trump's immigration orderL.A. city attorney demands list of people detained at LAX under Trump's travel orderUPDATES:6:30 p.m.: This post was updated with LAPD comment.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 04, 2017 01:41 UTC