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Daily Memo: Another Kavanaugh Stop, Woman Detained and Released Outside Courthouse
Today, ICE was observed stopping a vehicle in Colton, hanging around Riverside, San Bernardino, at the Santa Maria Jail again, and in Escondido. In Paramount, ICE was seen taking a man off the street. Community members were also able to pressure agents back to their field office in Oxnard. In San Diego, community members confronted ICE in a parked vehicle outside of Lincoln High School. The agent pepper-sprayed the community watcher before driving off.
Daily Memo: Terrified Mother Is Deported With Two Young Daughters Within Hours and Kavanaugh Stops Continue
Today immigration agents were seen in the San Fernando Valley, Glendale, Downey, San Diego, and all over Ramona today where again they performed Kavanaugh stops and families in fear and with tears were detained and deported. We also have another death to report, ICE is going after some of our community responders in San Diego, and we went to California City’s ICE detention center where we learned of Captain Healthcare and more.
Daily Memo: Several ICE Agents Seen Meeting With Bell PD This Evening
The Bell Police Department, who has previously interfered with and arrested community watchers on behalf of ICE, was once again seen cooperating and meeting with about a little over half a dozen Federal Immigration Agents in the late evening raising concerns again about SB54 violations.
Daily Memo: ICE Pepper-Sprays and Throws an 80-year-old Attorney, Arrests a Community Watcher, and Takes Seven From Lompoc
Video shows a couple of agents piled on top of Randamaa, shoving his head to the ground as other community members watched in anger and horror. An 80-year-old attorney trying to advocate for the agents to get off Randamaa was pepper-sprayed in the face by one of the agents pinning down Randamaa with the signature Yoga Cobra Pose. As he was pepper-sprayed, you can see the lawyer throws his hands out while blinded, being eventually thrown to the ground by the Yoga agent.
Daily Memo: ICE Used 14 Vehicles to Take 6 People from Rancho Cucamonga Courthouse
So essentially what we’re seeing is that Border Patrol is still active down in San Diego, along with ICE. Here, ICE is operating out of their local offices in Santa Ana and San Bernardino. We also know that people are being taken in Los Angeles who show up for their check-ins. These incidents are hard to catch, observe, or document, but we've confirmed that they're happening.
DAILY MEMO: Communities and Lawmakers Start Preparing For ICE’s Next Move
Around Los Angeles and Orange County, ICE is still grabbing people who show up to their immigration appointments. ICE also has a big presence in the I.E. and San Bernardino County. Shake-ups and changes continue with DHS, and lawmakers in other states are trying to criminalize ICE observers while one in California is trying to protect them.
DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Has Left Los Angeles, ICE Carries On Taking Around 25 People This Week
The Harbor Area Peace Patrollers, who for 8 months stood watch every single morning outside of Terminal Island, today confirmed that ICE and CBP have demobilized from the Coast Guard base. While we’ve seen a decrease in activity with Border Patrol gone, around 25 people were still taken between Monday and Friday from Home Depots, cars, courthouses, and mostly targeted attacks.
Daily Memo: California’s Mask Ban For Agents Paused by The Court, As ICE Continues Separating Families at Gun Point
ICE is still hitting the Inland Empire hard with about 18 people confirmed taken in the first 8 days of February in that area, and we’re also seeing an escalation in San Diego.
Daily Memo: New State Bill Introduced To Hold Private Detention Centers Accountable
Senator Perez today introduced SB 995, the Masuma Khan Justice Act, designed to strengthen state oversight of detention centers by allowing state agencies to inspect facilities, instituting fines of $25k per day, and revoking licenses of private detention facilities when they fail to meet health and safety standards.
Daily Memo: Democrats Help Approve Temporary DHS Funding, Demand ICE ‘Behaves’
LAPD Chief McDonnell is laughed at by attendees at the L.A. Police Commission while L.A. City council member, Hugo Martinez, leads a rebuke in the L.A. city council meeting against McDonnell's refusal to enforce the new state laws against agents and law enforcement wearing masks. Meanwhile, ICE continues to operate while CBP is missing.
