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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: 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.
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.
Daily Memo: ICE Is Ramping Up Operations With New Vehicles and Coachella Valley Is Being Targeted This Week
From Tuesday through today, L.A. TACO has confirmed at least 23 people have been taken by ICE.
Daily Memo: ICE Targets a Street Vendor in Santee Alley and More
Over the weekend, ICE was mostly up the coast and down towards San Diego. Today, we saw two more people get taken from their ISAP check-in in Downtown L.A., and in Santee Alley, we saw at least four agents target a food vendor and take him away. ICE also took a young woman in Indio today and was again scouting in Chula Vista and National City.
Who Is and Who Is Not ICE at U.S. Airports
We have been flooded with messages concerned about ICE at airports, questioning or mistaking other agencies for ICE. Here is a quick visual guide.
Daily Memo: ICE Activity Has Doubled Since Last Week
At least 31 people were taken this week. 30 by ICE and one by CBP. All numbers are based on L.A. TACO’s reporting; the true number is assumed to be much higher. This is the minimum number of detainments.
