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Today is the 252nd day since the ICE siege of L.A. started, and I’ve been waiting a long time to say this: So here I go . . . 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.
This comes at the end of the same week as Border Czar Tom Homan announced that they are ending the surge in Minneapolis. BUT, and a HUGE Sir Mix-a-lot-sized BUT, ICE is still here, and 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.
I’ve also seen some people in community chats confused about today's government shutdown, who believe it will pause immigration enforcement. Let me be clear, it will NOT. The previous shutdown did not stop the raids, and neither will this one. In fact, TIME magazine reports that thanks to the big beautiful bill, they have more than a big beautiful cushion to keep operating through the shutdown. ICE will still make collateral arrests, meaning they’ll take anyone in the vicinity of a target they’re going after.
We also know they’re expanding their field offices, with new leases in Irving, San Diego, Van Nuys, and Santa Ana. Not only that, they’re planning a massive expansion of detention centers to hold up to 100,000 immigrants. That number should scare you; they’re already over 73,000, the most in the history of the U.S. What is clearly happening is a restructuring and reordering of ICE, border patrol, and their tactics.