Erwin Recinos
Daily Memo: Immigration Lawyers Overwhelmed With the Number of Detainees Needing Representation
“The system has been set up in a way to make people lose hope, to make them give up fighting their case before they talk to an attorney, before they even really know what their options are," says one of the immigration lawyers from the Immigration Defenders Law Center stepping up to help.
Daily Memo: Hunger Strikes Begin in California ICE Detention Centers as Conditions Worsen
In other news, Palantir has shared the data of 20 million Americans with ICE and a former CEO of private prisons is now running ICE facilities.
Daily Memo: A Push for ‘Quieter’ Immigration Raids and An Increasing Use of Force at Detention Centers
We are also exactly a month away from June 6th, when the Border Patrol arrived in Los Angeles and began the raids that terrorized so many around the country.
Daily Memo: 18th Death in ICE Detention Is Presumed a Suicide After An Alleged Altercation Left a Guard Unconscious
According to original reporting by Andrew Free, “Sources close to the facility report the man was in solitary confinement following an altercation with a CoreCivic guard that left the guard unconscious.” He was 33, from Cuba, and was found dead on April 28th at the Georgia facility run by CoreCivic, where 15 people have died overall.
Daily Memo: California Is Installing ICE AI Surveillance Tools As Trump Goes After Your Civil and Constitutional Rights
Either through willful ignorance or foolish naivety, our local governments are building the surveillance apparatus that ICE currently uses and will continue to use to persecute immigrants, people of color, and dissidents to Trump.
Daily Memo: ICE Unveils Plan To Detain Children In “Toxic” Louisiana Military Site
The raids continue here in Southern California, as we’ve been seeing many vehicles targeted and stopped. In one case, ICE deployed spike strips before chasing a fleeing woman into a residential area with their guns drawn.
Daily Memo: At Least 15 Latinos Have Been Deported to the Congo As ICE Escalates In Southern California
We have received several reports of agents targeting parents early in the morning as they drop off their children at school. We also have some incidents involving ICE and local police.
Daily Memo: ICE Arrests Plaintiff of Federal Lawsuit Challenging ICE Raids
A second ICE-custody death has also been reported this week, while acting ICE Director Todd Lyons has submitted his resignation and will leave the agency after the end of May.
Daily Memo: 16th In-Custody ICE Death Reported as ICE Ramps Up Targeting in Los Angeles
At least six people were taken today in Hollywood, Alhambra, Downtown LA, and Canoga Park. ICE agents were also spotted in San Diego and the Inland Empire over the weekend and on Monday.
Daily Memo: ICE Keeps Targeting People at Rancho Cucamonga Court
Meanwhile in Crescenta Valley, a car chase by ICE ended with the driver fleeing on foot after colliding with a pole near a 210 freeway on-ramp.
