Chavez Jr’s lawyer dismissed the arrest as “nothing more than a media stunt to intimidate the Latin community.”
Two weeks before the fight against Jake Paul, Chavez Jr held a public workout session in Los Angeles.
In an interview with the LA Times, he pointed out the recent sharp increase in immigration raids across the city over the past month.
He admitted that even his own trainer was afraid to show up to work due to fear of deportation.
“I was scared myself, to be honest. It’s very ugly,” he said, accusing U.S. immigration officers of “setting an example of violence for the community.”
“I come from Sinaloa, where things are really bad, and I came to this beautiful country full of opportunity… only to see Trump attacking immigrants and Latinos for no reason. Without God, you think you know everything. Trump made a terrible decision.”
He concluded, “After everything that’s happened, I don’t want to be deported.”***