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DAILY MEMO: Roaming ICE and Border Patrol Raids are Increasing and They’re Still Using Those Penske Trucks
ICE and other federal agents conducted widespread raids and detentions across Southern California, abducting people from DMVs, Home Depots, car washes, courthouses, and streets. Incidents included aggressive tactics such as pepper-spraying and breaking car windows without warrants, staging outside courthouses, and using unmarked or misleading vehicles. At the same time, some operations were reportedly tied to DEA or Homeland Security investigations rather than immigration enforcement.
August 13, 2025
How NALEO Lost Its Nerve When Latinos Needed It Most
So far, the response from large and influential Latino organizations to protect our communities—immigrant or not—has been weak and ineffective. The fact that ICE can run roughshod over Latino neighborhoods across the nation with little discernible resistance is alarming.
August 13, 2025
DAILY MEMO: Lawless ‘Lawmen’ Abduct Almost 30 Working Men From Car Washes and Home Depots, Again.
On day 68 of ongoing ICE raids, nearly 30 people were abducted from car washes and Home Depots including permanent residents and workers on the job.
August 12, 2025
The Last Taco Stand in Altadena
As I cruise down one of Altadena's main arteries, it looks like a mirage. Then, like an oasis as a man stands behind a plancha, cleaver in hand. Next to him is a woman rolling out masa into thick, oblong discs. The trompo glows like a beacon in the dark.
August 12, 2025
DAILY MEMO: Masked Agents Draw Guns on Student in Front of High School, Leave Live Ammunition in the Street and More
Between August 9–11, ICE raids across Los Angeles targeted students, street vendors, and workers, with incidents including the abduction of an 18-year-old walking his dog in Van Nuys, a student detained at Arleta High School where agents dropped live ammunition, and multiple arrests at Home Depots in Cypress Park, Marina Del Rey, and North Hollywood.
August 11, 2025
Opinion: Salvadoreños In L.A. Need to Boycott the Dodgers’ Salvadoran Heritage Night
"When you have a business venture promoting ‘heritage’, you don't get history, you end up with a [money-making] scheme," says Victor Interiano.
