Overview

• An enforcement operation at an undisclosed underground nightclub in Los Angeles early Friday led to the arrest of 36 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals suspected of unlawful presence.
• ICE and HSI Los Angeles officers collaborated with the El Camino Real Financial Crimes Task Force, although officials have not disclosed the unit’s exact role in the nightclub raid.
• In San Diego, agents stormed two Enoteca Buona Forchetta restaurants, deploying flash bang grenades to disperse crowds before detaining employees for identity verification.
• The sweeps are carried out under Operation Safeguard, President Trump’s federal campaign to intensify detentions and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
• ICE reported that this round of raids contributed to a record-high week of arrests and followed earlier Southern California operations targeting Mexican citizens and Latino farmworkers.