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After ICE’s Show of Force, Ska-Punk Fans Reclaimed MacArthur Park This Weekend
The flyer claimed that it would be “THE BIGGEST BADDEST SKACORE SHOW OF THE YEAR.” For local impacted communities, it would be one of the most important.
DAILY MEMO: ICE Brutalizes and Sends High-Profile Female TikToker Who Documents Raids to Hospital
In Downtown L.A., Colombian TikToker Tatiana Martinez was violently dragged from her car, pinned to the ground. She eventually passed out, was hospitalized, and later transferred to the downtown detention center. Across the region, ICE and Border Patrol carried out multiple raids—detaining street vendors, workers, and community members in Pasadena, Montebello, Rancho Cucamonga, Whittier, and Van Nuys—while the community in Monrovia mourned Carlos Montoya, who died fleeing a raid.
DAILY MEMO: A Man Was Killed Running From ICE While Border Patrol Mobbed Governor Newsom’s “Big Beautiful Press Conference” in Little Tokyo
On August 14th, the first day of school for many L.A. children, teachers showed solidarity against ICE while masked agents resumed raids, including a Monrovia Home Depot incident where a man died fleeing arrest. That same day, about 40 agents, led by Border Patrol Chief Bovino, staged a performative raid in Little Tokyo to disrupt Governor Newsom’s press conference, with other abductions reported.
Monrovia Man Is Hit and Killed By A Vehicle As He Attempted to Run Away From ICE
“He looked really bad,” said the eyewitness in Spanish. “He was still breathing when we tried to help him, but he did not look good.”
Chefs In Mexico City Organize a ‘Eat What You Want, Pay What You Can’ Day. Is L.A. Down to Do This?
“Policy will change, hopefully, because of this,” Norma Listman, co-founder of this movement and chef of Masala y Maíz, told L.A. TACO. “It’s a small gesture with a big impact: an act of radical hospitality and trust that people respond to,” added her husband and co-founder, Saqib Keval.
DAILY MEMO: Roaming ICE and Border Patrol Raids are Increasing and They’re Still Using Those Penske Trucks
ICE and other federal agents conducted widespread raids and detentions across Southern California, abducting people from DMVs, Home Depots, car washes, courthouses, and streets.
How NALEO Lost Its Nerve When Latinos Needed It Most
So far, the response from large and influential Latino organizations to protect our communities—immigrant or not—has been weak and ineffective. The fact that ICE can run roughshod over Latino neighborhoods across the nation with little discernible resistance is alarming.
DAILY MEMO: Lawless ‘Lawmen’ Abduct Almost 30 Working Men From Car Washes and Home Depots, Again.
On day 68 of ongoing ICE raids, nearly 30 people were abducted from car washes and Home Depots including permanent residents and workers on the job.
The Last Taco Stand in Altadena
As I cruise down one of Altadena's main arteries, it looks like a mirage. Then, like an oasis as a man stands behind a plancha, cleaver in hand. Next to him is a woman rolling out masa into thick, oblong discs. The trompo glows like a beacon in the dark.
DAILY MEMO: Masked Agents Draw Guns on Student in Front of High School, Leave Live Ammunition in the Street and More
Between August 9–11, ICE raids across Los Angeles targeted students, street vendors, and workers, with incidents including the abduction of an 18-year-old walking his dog in Van Nuys, a student detained at Arleta High School where agents dropped live ammunition, and multiple arrests at Home Depots in Cypress Park, Marina Del Rey, and North Hollywood.
