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Daily Memo: I.C.E. Returns to Home Depots After Raiding Street Vendors All Weekend and More

ICE continues its raid of taco stands into the weekend leaving a number of them abandoned, but returned to the Home Depots on Monday. More kids of street vendors are seeing taking over their parents food operations. Is Border Patrol questioning itself? Plus, the DOJ has been busy.

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The Weekend

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. 

Today, June 30th

How to spot misinformation: 

Montebello $100,000 relief program for immigrants. 

Who to call if you see ICE

A leaked video of Border Patrol questioning their policies. This video has been debunked as old footage from 2022.

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the City of L.A., Mayor Karen Bass, and the city council, calling its sanctuary city law ‘illegal.’ They keep repeating the “crisis of illegal immigration” line, and that efforts to address it “are hindered” by the city’s refusal to cooperate or share information with federal authorities. They claim that this has led to “lawlessness, rioting, looting, and vandalism” in L.A. and that the sanctuary city policy is the driving cause of the violence, chaos, and attacks on law enforcement that Americans witnessed.” 

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