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Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Aisha is a multimedia reporter specializing in audio, covering Southern California. She recently graduated from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Her reporting has taken her from protests in the streets of LA to corrido concerts, and beyond.

Escondido Quietly Accepts $67,000 Contract with DHS to Use a Firing Range to Train 200 Special Agents

“This contract was approved administratively by the Escondido Police Department and has been in place since at least 2014,” Mayor White said in a statement to L.A. TACO.

January 22, 2026

DAILY MEMO: Ten-Year-Old Child, Gardeners, and Vendors, Among the More Than 88 Kidnapped in SoCal This Week

Memo answers the complicated question, “Isn’t it against the law now for ICE to be masked?”

These 10 People Were Taken In Echo Park and Silver Lake During Roving Federal Immigration Patrols On Friday

“He’s been here in Los Angeles for 30 years,” Destiny Ruiz told L.A. TACO. ” He is a caretaker to many people, many people in the community know him as a hard working and sweet individual.”

January 12, 2026

Pasadena Community Job Center Director Speaks Out About Arrest While Observing Federal Immigration Activity

“They didn’t stop the ICE agent, but they stopped me,” said Jose Madera, who followed a vehicle driven wrecklessly by ICE agents, who continue to roam freely nationwide, even after killing 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis earlier today.

The First National Website Dedicated To Documenting ICE License Plates Is Here

“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undetectable,” said Sherman Austin.

December 23, 2025

Seven Deaths in December Marks the Deadliest Month and Year in Decades for In-Custody Deaths

Federal immigration agencies were involved in at least 33 deaths this year

December 21, 2025

Daily Memo: The Escalation Continues Before Christmas as ICE, HSI, and Border Patrol Set Record Raids Again

In another record setting week, not only have the raids and kidnappings escalated, but so has the recklessness. The week saw more car chases, accidents, children placed in danger and separated from parents, more people detained and released, and new areas of Southern California targeted heavier than before like Antelope and Coachella Valleys.

Vehicle With Children Inside Crashes in Indio After ICE Attempted to Stop the Vehicle in Salton City

“That seems like a crime to me,” said a woman who witnessed the incident. “Imagine if they had killed those kids.”

High-Pitched Noise From Cypress Park Home Depot Speakers Has Day Laborers Feeling Targeted

Anti-loitering speakers have been installed in the parking lot of Home Depot in Cypress Park, following a recent Border Patrol raid. “It’s like a sonic ice pick–just stabbing you,” says audio expert Dustyn Hyatt.

December 17, 2025