Overview

• ICE agents entered a home near 79th Avenue and Hillside Street in East Oakland and detained six to seven residents, according to differing accounts.
• Among those held were a 17-year-old and a person described as having a severe disability, prompting questions about the appropriateness of their detention.
• Several of the detainees have been transferred to a Washington state facility, complicating legal representation and family contact.
• Nikolas De Bremaeker of Centro Legal de la Raza is challenging the legality and conditions of the minor’s detention under the Flores Settlement.
• Mayor Barbara Lee has urged residents to report ICE activity and seek legal assistance after the agency declined to comment on the operation.