ICE Agents Point Guns, Break Into Car During Van Nuys Standoff

ICE Operation in Van Nuys

• 🎯 Masked federal agents, believed to be ICE, engaged in a tense confrontation in Van Nuys after a car chase.
• 💥 Witnesses reported that agents broke the driver's window to detain two men after the car stopped in a parking lot.
• 🚓 LAPD was called to the scene to assist an outside agency with the operation.

Detainees and Witness Accounts

• 👥 Three individuals were in the detained car: one US citizen who was later released, and two US green card holding residents who were detained.
• 🗣️ A woman, whose father arrived with her passport, stated the agents pointed guns at them and she felt the actions were unjustified.
• 💰 The father of one of the detained men estimated his daughter, a truck driver, lost over $1,000 in income due to the incident.

Official Response and Unanswered Questions

• ❓ The Department of Homeland Security was contacted for confirmation that the agents were ICE and for details about the arrests and their cause.
• 📰 As of the report, there had been no response from the Department of Homeland Security regarding the incident.