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—One Year Anniversary of L.A.'s Immigration Raids: We are exactly a month away from June 6th, when the Border Patrol arrived in Los Angeles and began the raids that terrorized so many around the country. And while that style of raid under the former disgraced Border Patrol chief Bovino has died down, the raids have not stopped; they’ve only changed.
—Pushing for "quieter" raids: As the new head of the DHS, Mark Mulling said recently, he’s pushing for "quieter" raids, the kind that likely won't draw media attention, which is losing support for the GOP and Trump. And Border Czar Tom Homan recently said that in the next couple of months, escalation is coming again, or as he puts it, “You ain’t seen shit yet. This year will be good. Mass deportations are coming.”
And as they continue to take people from their check-ins, court appearances, or while driving to work or to drop their children off at school, people are being placed in camps where the administration is worsening conditions.
—Increasing Use of Force at Detention Centers: The Washington Post just confirmed what we already know about how widespread and increasing the use of force is occurring in these privately run detention centers. Trump also just closed the office that provided oversight against these kinds of abuses, and at the same time, hired a firm accused of torture to track down undocumented children. ICE has already detained more than 6,200 kids in Trump’s second term.
—ICE Raids Are Still Happening Across Southern California: The raids still continue all over Southern California. In the last several days, ICE has been pulling people out of their cars, mostly work trucks, in Anaheim, San Bernardino, Rialto, Fountain Valley, and Oceanside, and walking through traffic.
In Fontana, ICE agents forced a man and a woman into their vehicle early in the morning. In El Sereno, they were chasing someone through a residential neighborhood. And in Bell Gardens, they sat on someone with their full body weight for several minutes as they detained someone and threatened the community coming out to document. According to reports, agents pepper-sprayed community members, who responded by spraying agents with the water hose.
ICE was also seeing staging near a school in Pico Rivera. ICE is still breaking windows to grab people out of their cars and waiting to racially profile people being released from jails. These are just some of the incidents we have documented.
All the confirmed immigration enforcement below.
RAIDS
[Saturday, May 2nd, Day 331]
- Fontana: Merrill Ave and Cypress Ave, 7:30 a.m. ICE agents took a man and a woman, forcing them into their vehicles.
[Sunday, May 3rd, Day 332]
- Camarillo: At the ICE field office on 321 Cortez Cir. An ICE vehicle was seen backing into a driveway, seemingly trying to avoid having its rear license plate documented.
- Corona: On 6th Street and El Sobrante Rd, around 5 a.m. Community watchers confirmed that ICE agents took one individual from the area.
[Monday, May 4th, Day 333]
- Linda Vista: In an undisclosed neighborhood and time. ICE agents took one man. Community watchers were on scene afterward and discovered his abandoned vehicle with broken windows.
- Fontana: On Oleander Ave, around 7:00 a.m. ICE agents were seen taking a man from a residential area.
- Anaheim: La Palma Ave and Blue Gum St, around 8:30 a.m. ICE agents took a man from a parking lot in an industrial area.
- Grantville: On 10350 Friars Rd. Community watchers confirmed ICE agents staging behind a CVS.
- Bell Gardens: On Clara St and Jaboneria Ra, around 11:30 am. ICE agents were seen taking one person. According to a social media post by a resident, ICE agents were pepper-spraying some community members, so they water-hosed the agents.
- Pico Rivera: On Lindsey Ave and Catherine St, around 8:19 a.m. At least three confirmed ICE vehicles were seen scouting in the area.
- Chula Vista: At the Chula Vista Mall on 555 Broadway, Suite. Community watchers stated that Border Patrol agents took six people from a parking lot at the mall. L.A. TACO spoke with Arturo Gonzalez, who stated this might have been due to a “smuggling attempt.”
[Tuesday, May 5th, Day 334]
- Rialto: On Cactus Ave and Foothill Blvd. Near an Aldi’s Grocery Store, ICE agents were seen driving around the area.
- San Juan Capistrano: On 31952 Del Obispo Street, 8:00 a.m. One man was detained by 6-7 masked ICE agents outside of a 7/11.
- Ventura: At the County of Ventura Government Center on 800 S Victoria Ave, around 9:45 a.m. ICE agents were seen at the government center waiting for releases from the detention facility.
- Westminster: On Westminster Ave and Newland St, around 6:40 a.m. An ICE vehicle was seen in the area.
- Escondido: At a Vallarta supermarket and Home Depot store, around 9:40 a.m. Union Del Barrio confirmed the presence of ICE in the area.
- Los Angeles: At the Metropolitan Detention Center on 535 Alameda St, around 7:13 a.m.Two ICE detainees were observed being transported to the Los Angeles ICE field office.
[Wednesday. May 6th. Day 335]
- San Luis Obispo: At the San Luis Obispo County Jail on 1585 Kansas Ave, around 8:37 a.m. As reported by community watchers.
- Fountain Valley: On 16155 S Harbor Blvd, around 7:45 a.m. ICE agents were in the parking lot of Lee’s Sandwich.
- Los Angeles: In El Sereno on Portola Ave and Huntington Dr, around 6:15 a.m. Two masked ICE agents were documented running down the street.
- Oceanside: On College Blvd and SR-76, 6:30 a.m. ICE agents were seen walking through an intersection on foot. There were no confirmed detainments.
- Rialto: On Acacia Ave and Rialto Ave, around 7:05 a.m. ICE agents were seen scouting the area.
- Fontana: On Athol St between Cypress Ave and Date St, around 10:00 a.m. ICE agents were seen scouting in the area.
- San Bernardino: On Sterling Ave and Baseline St, around 7:26 a.m. ICE agents were seen in the city until around 10:10 a.m.
- San Diego: On Oceanview Blvd, around 9:00 a.m. Community watchers began to follow and legally document an ICE agent at the Chevron on 3502 National Ave. The agent drove out towards Oceanview Blvd and began driving recklessly after noticing the community watchers.
- Murrieta Hot Springs: On 40500 Murrieta Hot Springs Rd, around 3:40 p.m. Marked Border Patrol agents were seen taking at least one individual from a parking lot.
AT L.A. TACO
- Here’s Every Single Death Linked to Immigration Enforcement Since Trump’s Raids Began in 2025
- Why Did Anaheim City Council Vote to Install Nearly $1M-Worth of License Plate Surveillance?
- USC Graduate Student at Center of Arturo Flores Sexual Assault Scandal Speaks Out
IN OTHER ICE-RELATED NEWS
- ICE deported Him to Mexico despite a federal court order not to. Now, they can’t get him back ~ Los Angeles Times
- El Cajon sues California attorney general over state’s sanctuary law ~ KPBS
- Martin Romero deported by ICE to Mexico while battling several serious health conditions ~ GoFundMe
- Florin and Francisco need your help. Urgent call to action to your attorney generals for these men in ICE custody ~ Somos Long Beach
- Haitian woman released by ICE spent 24 cold hours in bus shelter prior to death ~ Pittsburgh's Public Source
- Trump's ICE has deported a Colombian woman, who previously escaped to the United States ~ De-ICE Citizens Bank
- ICE has detained more than 6,200 kids in the second administration.
- In 2026, the administration is on track to deport 1,000 more Vietnamese refugees ~ OC Justice Fund
- ICE drags man out of hospital in New York City and chaos unsues with protestors and NYPD assisting in operation ~ TMZ
- ICE hires firm accused of “torture” to track down undocumented children ~ The Guardian
- The first American Citizen killed by ICE ~ Texas Tribune
- Trump admin border czar Tom Homan spoke at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, discussing mass deportations. ~ So Informed
GENERAL NEWS
- Hegseth battles with Democrats—and some Republicans—over the Iran war and top officials' firings ~ ABC News
- Young people in Portland have occupied a Hilton housing top DHS officials. ~ Sunrise Movement
- Sunrise L.A. in solidarity with Boycott Home Depot Coalition, May Day Action at the local Home Depot. ~ Sunrise Movement Los Angeles
- The House voted 235-191 on April 29 to extend warrantless surveillance powers for three years. ~ Interval News
- Spirit Airlines goes bankrupt and is liquidating assets. Customers / passengers have to rebook with other airlines ~ CBS News
