US Edition‘Who are these people?’: Masked immigration agents challenge local police, sow fear in LA
- Masked immigration agents carried out a wave of raids in Southern California cities including Dodger Stadium, Bell, and Pasadena more than two weeks ago.
- These enforcement actions followed immigration sweeps targeting predominately Latino communities, which sparked protests and raised concerns among local leaders and residents.
- Local officials reported that federal agents often operate in plainclothes, use unmarked vehicles, refuse to identify themselves, and sometimes brandish weapons in public, complicating law enforcement coordination.
- Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo warned that federal agents entering the city without notifying local police and lacking clear identification pose a dangerous risk of accidental shootings and police being caught in the middle.
- These incidents intensified calls for legislation requiring federal agents to identify themselves during immigration operations to improve public safety and clarify the roles of federal and local enforcement.
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The Virginian Pilot
Masked immigration officers aren’t always telling SoCal police about raids. Some fear it’s creating ‘dangerous situations’
Without warning — even to local police — masked federal agents have been captured on video descending on Southern California businesses, getting out of unmarked or lightly marked vehicles and, swiftly, detaining who they suspect are immigrants without legal status. The videos show officers, also wearing T-shirts, jeans and hats with the only indication at times of their law enforcement status an olive green vest with “Police” or “Border Patrol” …
A note from the publisher: In a nation without due process, nobody is safe
In June, I spent a week in San Diego on a much-needed working vacation. One night, my friends and I got takeout from Buona Forchetta, the restaurant that made national news after a brutal, militaristic Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on May 30. As NBC 7 San Diego put it, the “raid involved at least 20 masked agents in military-style gear taking a group of workers into custody, while also confronting and handcuffing others and at one p…
This fight was supposed to have been put to bed 160 years ago
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents riled up folks when they conducted a dragnet in a South Nashville neighborhood a month ago and detained nearly 200 people.But city streets aren’t the only place where federal agents are picking up immigrants for deportation. The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Thursday it has released 283 inmates to ICE custody in 2025, notably higher than last year’s number.Oddly enough, the sheriff’s o…
Cal Matters
Taken: What happens after an LA immigration raid
The masked agents pull up quickly. They jump out of unmarked vans or trucks. They wear blue jeans or battle fatigues. They approach Latino men, at times yelling and carrying assault rifles. When someone runs, they’re taken. When they don’t answer a question, they’re taken. When they can’t produce papers, they’re taken. Their families won’t know what happened to them. They’ll be shackled, whisked away to another state, forced to subsist for days…
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