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DAILY MEMO: LAPD Sends Two Helicopters and Six Officers to Detain Black Woman Chasing ICE Out of Her Neighborhood

Over the weekend and into Monday, immigration agents carried out multiple operations across Southern California, with kidnappings reported in Montclair, San Diego, Santa Ana, Oxnard, Ventura County, Long Beach, Pacoima, Riverside, and Santa Maria, while community groups in places like Long Beach and Goleta successfully disrupted or tracked agents to prevent more detentions. Meanwhile, DHS sparked controversy by refusing to comply with California’s new mask ban for law enforcement, subpoenaed a Long Beach activist’s social media account, and faced a lawsuit over a $2 million spyware contract, raising growing concerns about surveillance, free speech, and civil rights abuses.

11:15 PM PDT on September 22, 2025

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, September 22nd. It’s day 109. 

September 20, 2025

  • Montclair: Monte Vista Ave & San Bernardino St // Around 6:45 am // ICE, Masked agents with police vests, street shoewear // 1 Gardener kidnapped // video footage alludes to them pulling up on several of them, but taking one individual. Seen waving at recorders. 7-8 masked agents. // 
  • Watts: E 94th and Parmelee St // Around 7 am//  ICE, 1 masked agent, 1 unmasked // Unsure if any kidnappings occurred, seen on online alert system. 2 agents were seen around their vehicle, footage is of an individual recording from inside their home, only a few moments long. //
  • Sylmar: Inside Mobile Home Complex // 12401 Filmore St // Around 9:45 am// ICE // No immigration enforcement occurred; however, the individual calling in stated this was a targeted attack on a woman who refused to open her door. She had been stalked by ICE in the past. An individual community watch member went out to assist, but ICE eventually arrested him. No video footage has been released. Sylmar does not have a lot of help. The woman was not taken.
  • Pacoima, Van Nuys & Foothill: LAPD briefly detained a black resident who was following ICE after ICE alleged she tried to ram their car. About half a dozen officers and two helicopters were involved in the incident. 
  • San Diego: Vehicle kidnapping // In Barrio Logan, unsure of exact location within that neighborhood, but on Main St. // 1 Kidnapping //12:15 PM// ICE - More than 7-8 agents. masked // police vests and streetwear shoes. // Seems to be a targeted attack; agents took one individual. Not a lot of information given, just a video. // 
  • Santa A  na: Flowershop parking lot // S Main St and W Pomona St //1:30 PM// ICE // 3 Kidnappings // Community watch had been following ICE agents around Santa Ana for a couple hours and were seen earlier in the morning as well, they were also seen scouting Bristol carwash again, they eventually pulled up to a vehicle where they broke the window and forced individuals out. Unsure if all 3 were inside the car. //