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ICE has been picking up the pace and becoming more active. We’ve been noticing some of the new vehicles from the new fleet out and about now, along with new activity at the James C. Corman Federal building in Van Nuys, which is the new ICE office in the San Fernando Valley.
From Tuesday through today, L.A. TACO has confirmed at least 23 people taken in the last three days. We’re also seeing more activity in jails, including Lompoc jail, where agents wait for people being released, sometimes with a detainer, but often without. We’re also seeing more hospitalizations like the sorts we just saw in last week's episode of The Pitt, which was somehow controversial.
We’re also seeing increased immigration enforcement in the Coachella Valley, just weeks before Coachella’s famous music festival. They were spotted on the 10 freeway by the Jefferson overpass, staging behind the Walmart on Ramon Rd in Palm Springs, conducting an operation on San Luis Rey Dr and Rio Blanco early morning, and a border patrol truck was also spotted at the Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs.
ICE was also spotted at a different hospital in Valencia yesterday, at the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, where a community member reported sheriffs and immigration agents taking in a detained person. No further information at this time.