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DAILY MEMO: Agents Draw Guns on a Pregnant Woman at Mariscos Restaurant and More

ICE raids across Southern California targeted multiple locations, including Van Nuys where agents violently detained two men at gunpoint and Fountain Valley where witnesses saw an elderly Asian man dragged from his car, with additional detentions reported in Norwalk, San Fernando, San Bernardino, and elsewhere. Meanwhile, other developments include revelations that ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on phones, DHS claiming that filming raids constitutes “violence,” and the Trump administration ending required paperwork for arrests.

9:59 PM PDT on September 9, 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.

It’s day 96. 

ICE RAIDS

  • Van Nuys, Valley Car Wash on Van Nuys & Saticoy: 8 people reportedly taken. 
  • Van Nuys, Sherman Way & Kester: According to witnesses and testimony from one of the victims, ICE had targeted two vehicles down the street.  When they slashed the tires of one vehicle, the occupants of the second vehicle, a recent model Camaro, left the scene. When they saw they were being followed by  3 unmarked vehicles, they pulled into the Mariscos Corona parking lot and were quickly surrounded at gunpoint. Agents broke one of the vehicle's windows and dragged two men to the ground. The female passenger, who is the driver's pregnant girlfriend, yelled repeatedly at the ICE agent attempting to pull her out of the vehicle that she was pregnant and not to touch her. The two men were taken into custody. 
  • Huntington Park, Salt Lake Park. Agents were seen staging at the park early in the morning.

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