Hundreds gathered in Downtown Santa Ana on Monday to protest the presence of ICE, following an increase in arrests and sightings in the city.
Community members began documenting and sharing photos and videos of border patrol cars at a Chevron station on Bristol and Civic Center as early as Saturday. Other videos and pictures showed Homeland Security and other agencies parking near shopping centers like Main Place Mall.
By Monday morning, tensions escalated, with social media flooded by videos from different locations across Santa Ana, Fountain Valley, and other neighboring cities that showed federal immigration officials detaining people at a Home Depot on MacArthur and Harbor Boulevard, and even detaining someone who seemed to be waiting for their bus to arrive.