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Friday, January 30th, Day 238.
(El Monte incident updated with additional info and videos on February 2nd, 2026)
While L.A. showed out for the General Strike, with what felt like 100,000 people marching for three hours from downtown L.A. to Boyle Heights and back, ICE and Border Patrol continued their new streak of following and arresting community watchers.
Border Patrol used Bell PD earlier this week to detain LA Hood Love; they beat, tased, and detained ICE Melter 93 for a whole day. Today, they followed, pulled their gun out, and detained Maria Santay, a young, bold woman.