Local activists respond to reports of ICE enforcement surge – KPBS

Local activists respond to reports of ICE enforcement surge  KPBS

Agents were told to “go after anybody,” regardless of criminal history, according to the Washington Examiner. In Mira Mesa on Monday morning, one person was apparently apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on his way to work. Community activist Arturo Gonzalez received a desperate message from the man’s family, who were looking for him and his truck. Gonzalez was driving near City Heights and College Grove area, monitoring ICE activities, when he got the message. “Let me know the description of the truck and his usual route to work,” Gonzalez said, using voice-to-text to respond. It was 10 o’clock, and he had been driving around for the past three hours.

“This morning, we had a family reach out that they were about to leave for work, and they said that there were cars parked outside of their apartment complex,” Gonzalez said. “So we got there and immediately confirmed that those vehicles were, in fact, ICE.” He then alerted his social media network to ICE’s presence. He also used a megaphone to alert residents in the apartment complex that ICE was there. He said agents left without detaining anyone. He’s been doing this for nearly two years since the Trump administration began cracking down on immigrants and deporting them. Lately, though, he’s seen an uptick in enforcement activities. “This