Overview

• ICE has intensified operations since early June, carrying out targeted arrests at jails, courthouses, workplaces and public streets across California.
• Department of Homeland Security data show that more than 1,600 immigrants were detained in Southern California between June 6 and June 22, with over half lacking prior criminal convictions.
• Multiple U.S. citizens have been mistakenly detained by masked, plainclothes ICE agents who often operate in unmarked vehicles without clear identification.
• Local sheriffs’ offices and police departments say they receive no advance notification of ICE raids and lack the authority to intervene in federal enforcement actions.
• Latino and Asian American community leaders are uniting to demand legislation requiring federal agents to display identification and operate with greater transparency.