Memo Torres

Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix’s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker. You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.
DAILY MEMO: Feds Return To Monrovia Home Depot Where Carlos Montoya Was Killed
Today’s ICE raids spanned across Southern California, with multiple kidnappings, abandoned vehicles, and sightings of masked agents in cities from Southeast L.A. to Carson, while in related news DHS confirmed ICE and Border Patrol operations continue unaffected by the government shutdown and officials announced DACA will reopen to new applicants outside Texas under a court order.
DAILY MEMO: At Least 246 People Confirmed Taken by Federal Agents In Southern California During September
At least five kidnappings by ICE were reported today across Jurupa Valley, Laguna Niguel, Stanton, and Huntington Beach, while Border Patrol set up a checkpoint near Pala Casino. In other immigration news, Trump escalated rhetoric by declaring a “war from within,” and the case of Barbara May, detained during her green card interview and facing imminent deportation, is sparking urgent calls for public action.
DAILY MEMO: At Least 18 People Kidnapped In Another Day of Heavy Raids and More
Federal agents carried out multiple raids across Southern California, resulting in dozens of reported kidnappings, including 5 day laborers in Corona and up to 10 people at a Torrance carwash. Additional sightings of ICE and Border Patrol were reported at gas stations, Home Depots, courthouses, and community spaces, while in other news, two U.S. citizens were injured during a raid in Ladera Heights, a five-year-old was detained with her family in Chicago, and L.A. County announced a relief fund for small businesses impacted by immigration sweeps.
DAILY MEMO: Agents Continue Retaliations and ‘Arrest Now, Verify Later’ Approach to Raids
Over the weekend, ICE and Border Patrol carried out multiple raids across Southern California, including three confirmed kidnappings in Chino and at least five detentions at a Ladera Heights Home Depot, where community members observing were also brutally arrested. On Sunday, ICE activity continued in Oxnard, Montebello, and Westminster, with no kidnappings reported in the first two cities, but two workers taken from a Westminster car wash in a raid involving nearly 20 armed agents.
DAILY MEMO: Feds Abduct At Least 23 Workers Today, Highest in Weeks
ICE raids today spanned Southern California, with multiple reported abductions of workers and community members in Huntington Park, San Diego, Chino, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Redondo Beach, Carson, Harbor City, and Garden Grove, while fundraisers erupted in response. Meanwhile, ICE faces mounting scrutiny nationwide after an officer was relieved of duty for misconduct, protesters were attacked outside a Broadview facility in Illinois, and the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district was detained.
Daily Memo: Agents Continue Targeting and Kidnapping Workers
Plus, ICE in Camarillo, Paramount, and Chino Hills.
DAILY MEMO: 15 Abducted as Agents Swarm Homes, Schools, and Job Sites in Early Morning Raids
ICE carried out multiple raids across Southern California, with confirmed kidnappings in Pomona (8 people), Westminster (1), Los Angeles (1), Stanton (at least 3), Moreno Valley (1), and San Bernardino (2), while other encounters involved questioning or scouting at schools, carwashes, and Home Depots. Community watch groups documented agents across Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Hawaiian Gardens, and Moreno Valley, with several sightings of masked and unmarked ICE vehicles lingering after operations.
DAILY MEMO: Federal Agents Target 15 Different Cities Across Southern California Today
ICE and HSI agents carried out a series of raids across Southern California, with confirmed kidnappings in Oxnard, Laguna Niguel, Santa Ana, San Pedro, Escondido, Fontana, Pasadena, Pomona, and Ontario. Other sightings included agents staging or scouting at car washes, churches, parking lots, and businesses in Ventura, Norco, Montclair, and San Bernardino, with some operations ending without confirmed detentions.
First Death in Adelanto ICE Facility This Year Brings Total Custody Fatalities to 19
On the last Saturday that Ismael Ayala-Uribe was seen by his mother, she described him as having pale skin and bloodshot eyes. He told her, “Ya no puedo más, amá” (I can’t anymore, Mom).
DAILY MEMO: LAPD Sends Two Helicopters and Six Officers to Detain Black Woman Chasing ICE Out of Her Neighborhood
Over the weekend and into Monday, immigration agents carried out multiple operations across Southern California, with kidnappings reported in Montclair, San Diego, Santa Ana, Oxnard, Ventura County, Long Beach, Pacoima, Riverside, and Santa Maria, while community groups in places like Long Beach and Goleta successfully disrupted or tracked agents to prevent more detentions. Meanwhile, DHS sparked controversy by refusing to comply with California’s new mask ban for law enforcement, subpoenaed a Long Beach activist’s social media account, and faced a lawsuit over a $2 million spyware contract, raising growing concerns about surveillance, free speech, and civil rights abuses.










