We break down immigration raids and related news in Southern California. Below, you'll find links and references to everything discussed in the video, allowing you to take a closer look at each topic. If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a member, buying some merch, or dropping a dime in our fundraiser so we can continue bringing you this vital information.
Tuan Van Bui, a 55-year-old Vietnamese man, is now the 15th death in ICE detention this year, 22nd total. He passed away at the Miami Correctional Facility located in Indiana. He was found unresponsive, and his cause of death is under investigation.
We’re only two months away from a full year of the ICE siege. The slow escalation of ICE operations continues as they are now at about 30 kidnappings a week and rising.
We thought the Border Patrol roving raids were gone, but on Friday, four marked Border Patrol vehicles went through San Juan Capistrano and, in a span of 45 minutes, kidnapped three people on separate streets.
ICE is still conducting stops and taking people from their vehicles, targeting folks at their homes in the early morning outside their apartment complexes. Most of ICE’s operations continue in San Bernardino, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Orange County, and in the San Diego County areas.
L.A. has seen some targeted enforcement in Compton, where two people were taken from their vehicle. They were spotted in Van Nuys and at the North Hollywood Home Depot, and took someone from Montrose, just North of Glendale. Today, our reporter Izzy also found out that one of his family friends was detained at his ICE check-in in Santa Ana and was immediately deported to Tijuana. He leaves a teen son behind.