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Izzy Ramirez

Izzy Ramirez is a Los Angeles-based staff reporter with L.A. TACO, documenting immigration enforcement and state power as it unfolds on the ground. Their work centers real-time alerts and long-term public archiving throughout the Southern California region.

Update: ICE Re-Detains Plaintiff Out On Bond in Landmark Case Challenging L.A. ICE Raids, Sends Him Back To Adelanto

After the Supreme Court refused his challenge to ICE, Isaac Antonio Villegas Molina, a construction worker filing a lawsuit against ICE with the help of the ACLU, was detained once again during his ISAP check-in.

April 22, 2026

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.

April 17, 2026

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.

April 14, 2026

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.

April 10, 2026

Daily Memo: ICE Returns to Downtown LA ISAP Office, Increases Raids in the Inland Empire

ICE returned to the ISAP office after a week-long hiatus, and another woman has died after release from ICE custody.

April 8, 2026

Daily Memo: ICE Shoots At Man in Central Valley and ICE Takes People in the Coachella Valley and Glendora

ICE continues to conduct raids and traffic stops, taking three men from their work truck in the Coachella Valley.

April 7, 2026

Daily Memo: The 15th Death In ICE Detention and ICE is Slowly Escalating

ICE’s slow increase in operations is now averaging about 30 kidnappings per week in Southern California.

Bye-Bye Bondi: Trump Fires Attorney General, Accused of Continuing to Cover Up for Epstein Files

President Donald Trump is bringing his personal lawyer, who represented him during trials regarding “hush money” and election interference, into the ring as acting Attorney General.

April 2, 2026

Daily Memo: Hospitalizations, Car Crashes, and Kavanaugh Stops Continue with ICE

ICE has continued targeting courthouses, jails, sending folks to hospitals still, crashing their vehicles, and performing Kavanaugh stops still, which, if you’re still unfamiliar with the term, are basically Supreme Court-endorsed racial profiling stops.

Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Christian Counselor In Colorado Surrounding ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBTQ+ Youth

In an 8-1 decision issued on International Transgender Day of Visibility, the Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors as an unconstitutional viewpoint-based restriction on free speech, siding with a Christian counselor who argued the law prevented her from offering certain talk therapy to clients.

March 31, 2026