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: Another ICE Detention Death and A Woman is Saved By Police from ICE
ICE continues to raid Home Depots, car washes, and abducting workers on their way to work in the early morning. An 18-year-old U.S. Citizen was also detained at a car wash and released later behind a theater and agents pulled a gun on a man in a truck as he tried to get away when they smashed his truck window in the parking lot of a Home Depot.
DAILY MEMO: ICE Raids The Streets of San Pedro, Long Beach, and More, Kidnapping at Least 30 People
ICE agents raided three Home Depots, a car wash, and a park kidnapping street vendors, gardeners, and people walking down the street seemingly at random continuing their pattern of racial profiling and grab now verify later policy.
DAILY MEMO: ICE Agent Claims To Be A Florencia Gang Member While Trying To Detain a Minor
The incident occurred early in the morning in Santa Ana; meanwhile, community watch groups in the five counties successfully interrupted a few attempted raids.
DAILY MEMO: The Kidnapping of Latino Workers Continues From California to Chicago
Over a dozen masked federal agents surround a driver after a minor traffic accident, meanwhile raids continue at Home Depots, car washes, and random vehicle stops creating billions in forecasted profits for a private prison group.
DAILY MEMO: Another Death. Meanwhile, Anaheim Community Watch Members Kick Agents Out of Their Neighborhood
Community members in Anaheim were able to spot and force ICE out of their neighborhood. Meanwhile DHS is going after 17 year olds in an operation the public is calling 'Freaky Friday.'
DAILY MEMO: At least 43 People Abducted in Southern California in One of The Largest ICE Raids in Recent Memory
Masked federal agents carried out one of the largest immigration raids in recent memory, abducting over 40 people—mostly day laborers—from Home Depot parking lots, residential neighborhoods, and city streets across Southern California, with reports of violence, warrantless detentions, and at least one injured man denied medical care.
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.










