Overview

• Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera’s Instagram post showed ICE agents in a San Diego neighborhood with “Terrorists” emblazoned over the image to protest raids on parents at schools, courthouse visitors and restaurant workers.
• Elo-Rivera described the operations as “state-sponsored terrorism” and defended his choice of words after facing backlash by citing legal definitions of terrorism.
• White House adviser Stephen Miller responded that the country is in an “age of left-wing domestic terrorism” and accused Elo-Rivera of encouraging violence against law enforcement.
• ICE Boston director Patricia Hyde warned that growing noncooperation in sanctuary jurisdictions is endangering agents and reflects escalating local resistance to federal immigration enforcement.
• The Trump administration’s expanded ICE powers have enabled raids in locations such as schools and hospitals, prompting lawsuits and protests in sanctuary cities.