L.A. TACO⁠85%

Daily Memo: ICE Activity Has Doubled Since Last Week ⁠16%

By Memo Torres⁠0% Aisha Wallace-Palomares⁠60% Izzy Ramirez⁠76% Erwin Recinos⁠0%

3/21/2026, 4:28:58 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 28.2% saturation with 170 hits. Analysis detected 673 faulty-reasoning hits from 603 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (17,860 of 21,137 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 84.50% of the article peer group.

We break down immigration raids and related news in Southern California. 
Below, you'll find links and references to everything discussed in the video, allowing you to take a closer look at each topic. 
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RAIDS 
[Thursday. 
March 19. 
Day 287.] 
* Orange County: 7:00 am, vehicles spotted in the area by local community watchers. 
* Downey: At the Downey Courthouse on 7500 Imperial Hwy, around 8:21 a.m. 
ICE vehicles were seen once again in the parking lot of the courthouse. 
There were no reports of anyone being taken after their hearing. 
* Westminster: On 13th St and Pacific Ave, around 8:15 a.m. 
Community watch teams confirmed that ICE agents were in a residential area. 
* Huntington Park: On Central Ave and Gage Ave, ICE agents scene inside the USPS station in the area. 
* Menifee: On 30414 Town Center Drive, 9:00 a.m. 
Community watchers confirmed the presence of at least three ICE agents in the parking lot of a complex. 
* San Diego: In Balboa Park on 555 Upas St, around 2:45 p.m. 
ICE agents kidnapped a man who was working on a jobsite. 
Residents found his work truck that was left behind. 
[Friday. 
March 20. 
Day 288.] 
* Hollywood: On Wilton Pl and Santa Monica Blvd, around 6:45 a.m. 
ICE agents were seen in the area. 
* Escondido: On 13th Ave and Upas St, around 6:39 a.m. 
ICE agents were seen in the area in the early morning taking one person. 2nd post. 
* Arroyo Grande: Around 8:59 a.m. 
ICE vehicles were seen in the area. 
* Santa Maria: At the Santa Barbara County North Jail on 2301 Black Rd, around 10:03 a.m. 
ICE agents were seen in the parking lot waiting for releases. 
* Bellflower: At the USCIS Application Support Center on 8002, 17610 Bellflower Blvd, around 9:00 a.m. 
A masked and plain-clothed federal immigration agent was seen kidnapping at least one person. 
[03/14 - 03/20. 
Saturday to Friday.] 
At least 31 people were taken this week. 30 by ICE and one by CBP. 
All numbers are based on L.A. 
TACO’s reporting; the true number is assumed to be much higher. 
This is the minimum number of detainments. 
Los Angeles: 9 
San Diego: 6 
Escondido: 3 
Fontana: 2 
National CIty: 2 
Paramount: 2 
Bellflower: 1 
Carpinteria: 1 
Cathedral City: 1 
Downey: 1 
Fallbrook: 1 
Long Beach: 1 
Vista: 1 
IN OTHER ICE-RELATED NEWS 
* 03/19/26: In rare move, ICE drags criminal defendant out of a federal courtroom 
* 03/18/26: ICE records another death, 19 year old Mexican national Poyer Perez-Jimenez at Glades Detention Center in Florida via austinkocker. 
* 03/18/26: San Diego ACLU launches hotline to report unlawful conduct by ICE agents via kpbs. 
* 03/19/26: Operation Guardian Trace, ICE conducts interviews with undocumented children to find, detain and deport those adults that are deemed illegal. 
Change of policy of how the gov handles minors via laistofficial. 
* 03/19/26: LAPD’s policy pivot of enforcing mask ban on federal agents via hey.lalocal 
* 03/18/26: ICE agents are putting black bags over detainee’s heads via hereswhykevin. 
* 03/19/26: ICE offices are taking DNA samples from protestors they’ve arrested reports from Illinois, Oregon and Minnesota via npr. 
* 03/19/26: Trump admin deporting parents without asking if they have children or allowing them to decide to bring with them. 
Violation of own policies via guardian_us. 
* 03/19/26: Lakeside HS held a ICE walk-out / protest via officialarturoo 
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