Here are a few articles about ICE in San Diego.
ICE increasingly arresting San Diegans with no criminal record, data shows
Starting in May, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials dramatically ramped up arrests in the San Diego area and increasingly targeted immigrants without existing criminal histories, according to an inewsource analysis of arrest data.
The data, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, were published online by the Deportation Data Project, a group of attorneys and academics that studies the U.S. Immigration system. The data show that ICE officers under President Donald Trump have made about four times the arrests in San Diego and Imperial counties each day as they did under former President Joe Biden. Since Trump took office, officers have arrested an average of seven people per day, compared to less than two per day during the last two years of Biden’s term, according to the data.
As the Trump administration seeks to carry out the largest deportation campaign in United States history, its top officials have emphasized they are going after the “worst of the worst.” However, inewsource’s data analysis suggests that as ICE officers accelerate arrests, they’re also capturing a greater share of people who do not have criminal convictions or pending charges on their records.
The data only include administrative arrests: when ICE makes an arrest for a civil violation of immigration laws, such as being in the U.S. without permission from the government. ICE can also make criminal arrests, but according to the researchers those are not likely to be included in this data. inewsource
ICE raids in San Diego foreshadowed the roundups, protests now spreading across California
Days before President Donald Trump unleashed federal immigration agents to raid sites spanning from California’s biggest cities to its agricultural heartland, sparking protests in L.A. and elsewhere, San Diego’s quaint South Park neighborhood was targeted. Two popular Italian restaurants were swarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on May 30, prompting a remarkable response from neighbors who rallied to the scene and forced a retreat under shouts of “shame.”
Late that afternoon, dozens of ICE agents from the Homeland Security Investigations division entered the side-by-side Buona Forchetta and Enoteca Buona Forchetta restaurants, surrounding them with over a dozen vehicles. Police tape wrapped around government vehicles delineating an off-limits zone where dozens of federal agents congregated.
The disruption overwhelmed these already-crowded streets. Diners at nearby restaurants had been enjoying their meals and neighbors were walking their dogs. Children at Albert Einstein Charter Academy prepared to leave the schoolyard before they were directed to a back gate to avoid the commotion. Cal-Matters
2 San Diego Women Charged with Assaulting ICE Agents
Two San Diego women have been charged with assaulting ICE agents during a July 2 immigration raid at a Linda Vista apartment complex.
According to the federal complaints, obtained by CBS 8, 46-year-old Trina Rupley and 55-year-old Jeane Wong were each charged with one felony count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers.
The two were arrested during an ICE enforcement raid at a Linda Vista apartment complex just after 12:30 pm. According to the charges against Ms. Wong, ICE agents say she was live-streaming the operation from her phone while yelling “verbal threats” to agents. The complaint states Ms. Wong was heard calling agents, “nazis, racists, and kidnappers” before saying that the agents would be in danger if they did not leave.
The altercation turned violent when agents say Ms. Wong pressed herself against the police tape. It was then that the ICE agent, identified as “S.A” in the complaint, grabbed Ms. Wong’s forearms. She, according to the complaint, “slapped” him on the left side of his face, knocking his face covering down.
In a separate complaint, ICE agents say a confrontation with protester Trina Rupley also turned violent. According to that complaint, Ms. Rupley “attempted to impede the arrest of an individual who was actively being apprehended.” Agents escorted Ms. Rupley from the tape, and she returned, not once but twice.
An agent grabbed Ms. Rupley. While he was holding her, another protester started to approach them. As the ICE agent focused on the approaching protester, Ms. Rupley, according to the complaint, “struck [the agent] with her hand on the left side of [his] face.” Ms. Rupley was arrested and taken from the scene. CBS 8 reached out to Ms. Rupley and Ms. Wong for comment on the charges, but has not heard back. CBS8
