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.
Monday. November 3rd. It’s day 151.
TODAY’S ICE RAIDS
Saturday. November 1st
- San Diego: In City Heights on 39th St by Polk Ave, around 8:10 a.m.A man was forcibly removed from his vehicle and kidnapped by various ICE and Border Patrol agents in front of his distraught daughter on her birthday. It was a tense and emotional scene as community watch members came outside to confront agents, tell the victim not to sign anything, document it all, including all the broken glass.
- Garden Grove: In a parking lot on W Chapman Ave and Gilbert St, around 8:47 a.m. Three known ICE vehicles were seen parked in the back of a lot. By 9:30 a.m., they were gone.
- Anaheim: At the Home Depot on N Brookhurst St and W Gramercy Ave, around 9:30 a.m. Border Patrol agents were seen driving by the lot where day laborers gather; however, several community watch teams alerted the community, and the agents ultimately drove off. Community watch had been documenting agents and alerting the community while driving around major intersections in Anaheim, Stanton, and Garden Grove for nearly an hour.
- Buena Park: At a factory parking lot on Artesia Blvd and Knott Ave, around 9:47 a.m. Border Patrol agents parked and began to confront a community watch member who had been legally documenting the agents as they drove around Orange County.
- Westminster: On Goldenwest St and Humboldt Ave, around 12:42 p.m. A community watch member documented a known ICE vehicle that had been at a Whittier car wash raid earlier that morning.
- Westminster: At the Westminster Car Wash on Westminster and Goldenwest, around 1:07 p.m. Border Patrol agents were seen driving into the lot, However, the workers on duty were brought to a safe location while the manager confronted the agents. After the agents left, he closed his shop momentarily to keep everyone safe.
- Whittier: At the Pacific Auto Spa on Whittier and Hadley, around 11:15 a.m. More than 6 Border Patrol agents raided the lot and kidnapped two car wash workers. It was reported that one person taken is an older man who is diabetic and suffers from high blood pressure and needs regular medical attention.
- Whittier: At a secluded apartment complex off Whittier Blvd and Philadelphia St, Border Patrol agents were seen shortly after raiding the Pacific Auto Spa.
- Whitter: Near the 7-11 on Lambert and Santa Fe Springs Rd, around 12:00 p.m. Community watch teams verified the kidnapping of two individuals.
- Norwalk: At the intersection of Studebaker and Imperial, around 12:00 p.m. A bystander noticed Border Patrol agents driving in the area. They stated that a Border Patrol agent stopped and questioned a man driving, but he was let go. No kidnappings occurred.