Memo Torres breaks down ICE-related news in Southern California today. Below, you'll find links and references to everything discussed in the video, allowing you to take a closer look at each topic.
It’s day 49.
ICE ACTIVITY:
- Santa Ana Birch & First: A follow-up to yesterday’s incident, where ICE and ATF held women, children, and babies on the curb in the morning. I was able to get more information from an eyewitness who wished to stay anonymous. ATF had a warrant for an individual. They searched the home. Everyone who lives in the house, including the children, waited outside while they searched/investigated. No one was detained. The individual wasn’t found. They checked in with the children and the family in the evening, and they were doing well.
- Compton Crystal Casino: Approximately 50 federal vehicles were parked in the lot, including a few military vehicles that were staging early in the morning.
- Compton: U.S. Marshals and the FBI were driving through a park trying to enter an apartment complex to serve a warrant. It is unclear whether this incident involved ICE or was related to immigration. The agents did not appear to be wearing masks.
- Rancho Cucamonga: masked ICE agents in unmarked cars GRABBED a man driving up on Haven Ave and Foothill Blvd around 12:15.
- Long Beach: A man was taken while he was walking down the street on the corner of E South and Orange Ave.
- Inglewood: The stopped and took a man out of a red Prius, leaving it abandoned there.
- Anaheim on State College and La Palma: Seen staging at a parking lot in the early morning.
- Anaheim on La Palma and Ana Dr: FBI was seen scouting the area.
- Santa Maria Courthouse: ICE was spotted at the Santa Maria courthouse. Vehicles were seen following individuals leaving the court, and we’ve confirmed that at least one person was apprehended.
- Tustin: At Sycamore Magnet Academy, racist Trump supporters blocked the entrance while waving flags, yelling, “Mexicans go back to your country, you are dirty,” and threatening the community not to bring their kids because they will have ICE, according to witnesses.
- Orange: Masked ICE agents were spotted searching for someone behind apartments. No arrests were reported.
- Palmdale: Knocking on people’s doors
OTHER NEWS: