Ben Bergquam, the rightwing internet personality, was with agents, filming and making content as well as getting into altercations with local residents along the way, according to a video the Guardian viewed on X. In the video, he appears to be in the car with Ice agents and nearby as they arrest people; later on he yells at a group of Chicagoans who are gathered to prevent Ice operations that they are the enemy within.
The issue emerged at the height of Trump's attack on LA, when multiple citizens reported that ICE was rounding up anybody who was Latino, or looked Latino, for questioning. Racial profiling is unconstitutional (or was, until this morning) and people sued, including the named plaintiff in this case, Pedro Vasquez Perdomo. District Court Judge Maame E. Frimpong (a Biden appointee) issued an emergency injunction prohibiting the raids in July,
Be on the lookout for unauthorized ICE deputies patrolling your neighborhood-even in the Bay Area-where there is no need for this in California or anywhere that crime is statistically down! We have our own very capable police to handle criminal activity! If you live in California, look for big black or white Ford trucks with tinted windows and no California license plates-only out-of-state plates. A bonus if you see one with the blue and white flag decal.
Despite Abrego Garcia's new detention on Monday, a blanket court order automatically pauses any effort by the Trump administration to immediately deport him and other immigrants who are challenging their detention. Any immigrant seeking review of their detention in a Maryland federal court is covered by the order, which blocks their removal from the US until 16:00 (20:00 GMT) on the second business day after their habeas corpus petition is filed.
The chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party tried to sideline a resolution this weekend putting the state party on record urging California officials not to share license plate data with ICE. Chair Nancy Tung was the only person at the state party's executive committee meeting who asked that the resolution be taken off the consent calendar-a very unusual move. In the end, she only got nine votes out of almost 300 members in attendance, and the resolution passed.
Florida State College at Jacksonville has signed an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow its campus police department to enforce immigration laws.
Brourman has not only illustrated immigrants as they plead their cases, she has also borne witness to masked ICE agents dragging fathers and mothers, daughters and sons out of sight.
"Welcome to the team, recruits. I'm Kristi Noem, head of Homeland Security. A few years ago, I had to put my puppy down by shooting it in the face, because sometimes doing what's important means doing what's hard."