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DAILY MEMO: Car Wash Workers With Legal Status Have Their Papers Thrown Out by Agents Who Arrest First, Verify Later
Over the weekend, ICE raids spread from Wilmington and Long Beach to Santa Ana, Downey, and Panorama City, with incidents of agents pointing rifles, rejecting legal documents, and detaining workers at car washes and Home Depots. Meanwhile, immigrant communities reeled from the death of deported mother Estela Ramos Baten, the abduction of a Chicago day laborer suing police, and mounting controversy over Trump’s shifting immigration policies at home and abroad.
Daily Memo: Federal Agents Death Toll Is Now 16 As Another Agency is Authorised to Use Deadly Force
On day 99, ICE raids took place in Los Angeles, South El Monte, Highland Park, and Wilmington, where longtime community volunteer Jose Antonio Campollo Caceres was arrested in front of his son without agents providing a warrant. Meanwhile, near Chicago, ICE officers fatally shot a man during a vehicle stop, sparking protests, while nationwide developments included USCIS creating armed “special agents,” a court blocking fast-tracked deportations, the Trump administration cutting grants with Latino-heavy colleges, and DHS threatening prosecutions for filming ICE agents despite First Amendment protections.
DAILY MEMO: Agents Detain Army Veteran and Point a Gun at Woman Observing
ICE raids across Southern California led to multiple detentions with agents using intimidation, breaking into vehicles, and even threatening people documenting them. Meanwhile, community groups launched Carwash Worker Protection Units after more than 82 raids have targeted carwash workers, and reports surfaced that Trump’s anti-immigration policies are set to shrink the U.S. population faster than expected, even as his administration moves to encourage white immigration from South Africa.
DAILY MEMO: The Right Declares War on The Left as ICE Raids and Gun Violence Continue in The U.S.
On day 97, ICE raids swept across Southern California, with operations reported in Los Angeles, East LA, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Pomona, Fountain Valley, Jurupa Valley, and Newport Beach, resulting in multiple arrests and community disruptions, including school lockdowns. Meanwhile, broader news revealed Trump’s mass deportation flights shuttling thousands—including infants—into limbo, ICE’s $10M investment in Clearview’s facial recognition, protests against Amy Coney Barrett, the reopening of a massive California detention center, and local immigrant defense efforts amid growing fear and resistance.
DAILY MEMO: Agents Draw Guns on a Pregnant Woman at Mariscos Restaurant and More
ICE raids across Southern California targeted multiple locations, including Van Nuys where agents violently detained two men at gunpoint and Fountain Valley where witnesses saw an elderly Asian man dragged from his car, with additional detentions reported in Norwalk, San Fernando, San Bernardino, and elsewhere. Meanwhile, other developments include revelations that ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on phones, DHS claiming that filming raids constitutes “violence,” and the Trump administration ending required paperwork for arrests.
DAILY MEMO: Agents Have Started Taking People on The Freeways and A Closer Look at The Stereotypes Used by SCOTUS in Their Opinion on ICE’s Restraining Order
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant Trump a stay on restraining orders has effectively greenlit roaming patrols and racial profiling in Los Angeles, leading to freeway pullovers, smashed car windows, and numerous abductions over the weekend, including at Home Depots, car washes, and residential areas across Southern California. Meanwhile, the ruling has emboldened Homeland Security to expand enforcement with monetary incentives for police, plans to reopen abusive detention centers, and mass deportation flights—where Bill Gates’ company, Signature Aviation, plays a key role in transporting detainees.
DAILY MEMO: Agents Crash Into a Home With Their Vehicle and Take One Person
ICE agents rammed into a home in Simi Valley and took one person, while at least one person was also taken at a Baldwin Park Home Depot. In Riverside, near Terrace Elementary, agents were seen chasing people around the block.
DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino
ICE raids across Southern California targeted multiple locations, including car washes, Home Depots, and a U-Haul, where agents used tear gas before detaining people, resulting in at least 20 abductions and sightings of ICE or Border Patrol scouting. In other news, a man died in ICE custody, a controversial new detention center opened in the Mojave Desert, the ACLU accused Border Patrol of violating a court order, a professor was indicted for assaulting federal agents, and Gov. Newsom revealed Trump’s Los Angeles military deployment cost $120 million.
Daily Memo: Rapid Responders Beat ICE at Some Home Depot Raids, But Car Washes Keep Getting Rocked
On Day 90, ICE raids and scouting were reported across Southern California, with multiple people taken from car washes, Home Depots, restaurants, and warehouses, including as many as 10 from an Olympic Blvd. car wash in Los Angeles. In other news, Trump is retaliating against immigration protesters—including veterans—while ICE has gained access to powerful Israeli spyware capable of hacking encrypted apps, and L.A. TACO confirms that TSA officers on METRO are not conducting immigration operations.
DAILY MEMO: Hundreds of New Agents Arrive in L.A. as Chief Bovino Prepares to Take “This Show” to Another City
ICE raids resumed on September 1st and 2nd across Southern California, with confirmed abductions at multiple Home Depots and car washes, including at least two people in Long Beach, four in Temple City, three in Newport, five in Arcadia, and others in San Bernardino and Paramount. Meanwhile, ICE announced reinforcements in Los Angeles and teased expanding raids to other cities, while new reports revealed their use of Israeli spyware, protests against DHS violence, and a federal judge’s ruling blocking the Trump administration from deploying soldiers in immigration enforcement across California.
