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ICE’s Mass Deportation goals are looking more like "Mass Incarceration" goals, increasingly targeting people without criminal convictions. And for the inevitable trolls, I'll remind you that being in the U.S. while undocumented is a civil offense, not a criminal one.
There’s a new ICE detention center in the city of McFarland, in California’s Central Valley. According to CalMatters, the 700-bed prison was quietly reopened by the private prison group GEO, which obtained permits and licenses from McFarland without consulting its constituents beforehand.
According to the Guardian, ICE is also planning to detain more children in a dedicated facility located in Louisiana’s most toxic and contaminated military site.
Elsewhere, here are some recent examples of the kind of cruel treatment that people are being subjected to:
A mother was punished in ICE detention by being stripped naked and locked in a small room, left in anguish after learning that her 17-year-old son had been shot. She just wanted to attend his funeral.
In Alligator Alcatraz, ICE is using hot boxes as a form of torture, something that was used against slaves back in the day.
Trump’s Department of Justice is also chipping away at current laws, in an attempt to jail or remove people here with legal status because, in truth, this was never about “doing it the right way.”
Case in point, the DOJ is going after DACA recipients after a three-panel judge of the appellate courts sided with the Department of Homeland Security, weakening DACA protections. The DOJ is also targeting about 400 naturalized citizen to remove their citizenship.
University of California Merced police and Merced's police forces are also now sharing license plate data with Border Patrol, which raises the question: A) does this violate SB 54, our state's Sanctuary Policy? And B) are other UCs doing the same?
Speaking of targeting vehicle plates, the raids continue here in Southern California, and we’ve been seeing many vehicles targeted and stopped. In some cases, people were violently pulled over. In others, people were profiled and let go.
L.A. TACO reporter Aisha Wallace-Palomares has an exclusive story of a U.S. citizen being pulled over and yelled at, as his widow is smashed and he is taken away by ICE ERO agents on a reckless drive, before they verified his identity 30 minutes later, and then let him go.
In Downey, a mother was ambushed while in her car by several agents who screamed and harassed her, while attempting to open her door. They eventually left her alone.
In Santa Ana, a frightened woman was chased by agents, who deployed a spike strip to disable her car. According to witnesses, they chased her into a residential street on foot with their guns pointed at her as she ran. The woman was eventually detained and Santa Ana police arrived to file a collision report and tow the vehicle.
Below, we have reports of abandoned work trucks, more fathers and mothers targeted, and, of course, ICE's daily presence at jails.
ICE has not stopped, and they're planning on detaining more families, including children. Remember to stay safe and stay vigilant, folks.
RAIDS
[Thursday. April 23. Day 322.]
- Van Nuys: Courthouse, 7:30 a.m. ICE vehicles were spotted in the area, parked in front, according to community watchers. Second post.
- Simi Valley: Buyers and Lou streets, 8:02 a.m. ICE spotted in the area by community watchers.
- Westminster: Bolsa and Magnolia, 6:20 a.m. ICE vehicles spotted in the area by community watchers.
- Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Jail, 7:29 a.m. ICE vehicles spotted at the jail by community watchers.
- Ladera Ranch: 227702 Crown Valley Parkway, 8:00 a.m. ICE vehicles spotted at the jail by community watchers.
- Ramona: Wendy’s Parking lot. The agent was approached in the parking lot near a Wendy’s and did not identify themselves. Second post.
- San Diego: Menlo and El Cajon streets. ICE vehicles and agents spotted in the area by community watchers.
- Montclair: 4871 State Street, 9:20 a.m. ICE vehicles and agents are seen in the area by community watchers.
- Fontana: Cherry Ave and Jurupa, 6:45 a.m. Three agents surround a car that they blocked in using their vehicles, as posted by community members. Second post.
- Moreno Valley: Frederick and Eucalyptus/Dracea, 10:46 am. Three ICE agents use vehicles to block the car as two agents surround the car. Second post. Third post.
- Ontario: Mission and Central. ICE agents and or vehicles are conducting operations and staging in the area as reported by community members.
- Rialto: Ayala Dr., 12:00 p.m. Community watchers claim one person was taken.
[Friday. April 24. Day 323.]
- Ontario: On D Street and Camellia, around 6:36 a.m. Community watch teams confirmed that ICE agents took one person. Second Post.
- Ontario: Hallowell, west of Mountain. Community watch teams reported one person was grabbed.
- Bloomington: Cedar and Slover, 6:55 a.m. Masked agents in two SUVs were observed pulling over a vehicle.
- Los Angeles: On Broadway and 9th St, around 9:30 a.m. Plainclothes agents were seen with an HSI agent. A community member believes someone was abducted.
- Lake Forest: In the Salt Creek community, around 8:00 a.m. OCRRN confirmed an ICE kidnapping. A man’s work truck was left abandoned.
- Santa Ana: On Bristol and Edinger, around 9:48 a.m. Federal agents were spotted in a residential area. We have no further information.
- Lynwood: unclear of address and time. A community member provided a video and reported “a dad who has a daughter at Firebaugh High School” was taken.
[Saturday, April 25th, Day 324.]
- La Habra: College and Avenida Rose, 7:20 a.m. ICE vehicles parked are seen in the area.
- Ontario: San Antonio and Mission, 7:55 a.m.. Ice scene in the area stopping a vehicle. Second post.
- Colton: Pepper Avenue and Plum Place, 6:50 a.m. ICE agents were seen stopping a vehicle and questioning someone inside. The driver was let go.
- Escondido: 150 W El Norte Parkway Suite A, 8:00 a.m. ICE agents in the area walking through the parking lot.
- Rialto: Pepper Street, 7:20 a.m. Confirmed kidnapping at this location.
- San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo Jail, 7:11 a.m. ICE agents are waiting for the release area of the jail.
- Indio: 8:00 a.m. ICE vehicles possibly followed from the freeways in the area.
- Chino: Riverside Dr. and Yorba, 11:00 a.m. Community watchers say that two people were taken by masked agents from a strip mall parking lot.
[Sunday, April 26th, Day 325.]
- Pasadena: 82 Westmoreland Place, 1:09 p.m. ICE vehicles are seen outside of Gamble House.
- Montclair: Ramona and Bandera, 6:20 a.m. One person was kidnapped in the area, as reported by community watchers.
- Downey: Unknown time and address: A woman was ambushed by ICE agents while in her car in a residential neighborhood. She was left alone afterward when she refused to leave her car.
[Monday, April 27th, Day 326.]
- Santa Ana: Zoo Lane and 4th Street, 9:41 a.m. Four or five agents surrounded a vehicle, attempting to kidnap a person as the agent barked orders to the community watchers.
- Santa Maria: Santa Maria jail, 9:40 a.m. ICE vehicles are seen outside in the parking lot.
- Santa Ana: Lyon and Fourth Street, 9 a.m. ICE vehicles seen in the area or a business area by community watchers.
- Santa Ana: Grand and Fourth Street, 9:30 a.m. ICE activity in the parking lot. Approximately three-to-five local police and seven federal agents. Confirmed one person taken. According to community observers, the person detained on 4th and Grand was the same person from the vehicle that was surrounded on 4th and Lyon. According to a witness, the agents chased the woman in her vehicle and “set up spike strips on the street so her vehicle was incapacitated on Grand and 4th. She jumped out and fled on foot. The agents chased and caught her on the residential street behind the 7-11. The agents were pointing guns at her as they ran after her in the public street. SAPD was on-site taking a collision report, and the vehicle was towed as evidence. One agent was taken away by ambulance (he seemed fine when I saw him walking around before the ambulance).
- Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara jail, 7:54 a.m. ICE vehicles are seen outside in the parking lot. Second post.
- Los Angeles: MDC, 8:30 a.m. Lots of vehicles in a convoy coming out of MDC.
- North Hollywood: Lankershim and Victory, 11:00 a.m. Confirmed abduction by community watcher as stated in the video.
- North Hollywood: Simpson Avenue and Erwin Street, 10:14 a.m. ICE agents scene in the area as captured by community watchers.
- From Aisha Wallace-Palomares: "Details are sparse, there was a man detained potentially on Goldenrod. I cant confirm exact location. There was another incident potentially at the Red Barn in Escondido. I talked to a woman about it, who had spoken with the wife of the man who was detained. The ICE agent allegedly allowed him to call his wife and let her know he was detained."
IN OTHER ICE-RELATED NEWS
- Pasadena resident Isaac Villegas Molina has been released from Adelanto Detention Center.
- Visible ICE activity has increased the most in Orlando, Florida, and in Louisiana’s two largest cities.
