Overview
- ICE confirms 46 arrests on December 5 across homes and businesses in southern Arizona.
- Agents executed 16 search warrants at nine restaurants and seven related residences with assistance from local agencies.
- Taco Giro says three locations have reopened—in Tucson on Valencia, Casa Grande and Sierra Vista—and it is recruiting to restore operations.
- Director Cesar Rodriguez says about 10% of the company’s employees were detained and disputes allegations including cash payments, drug smuggling and child trafficking.
- Protests formed at several sites, with video showing chemical agents used to disperse crowds, and DHS disputes a congresswoman’s claim she was pepper‑sprayed.