ICE Raids Expand in California Beyond Los Angeles, National Guard Deployment Continues

ICE Operations and Arrests

• 🎯 ICE operations are expanding throughout California, moving beyond their significant presence in Los Angeles.
• ⚡ Thousands of arrests have been made so far, with ongoing reports of ICE teams detaining people in immigration operations across the region.
• ⚠️ A pregnant woman working as a food vendor was reportedly among those arrested outside a Home Depot in Hollywood.

Detention Capacity Expansion

• 🏥 ICE is working to increase its detention capacity by arranging to convert a former prison facility in California City.
• 🗄️ This new facility, located about an hour north of LA, will be able to house nearly 2600 detainees, becoming the state's largest migrant detention center.
• 🗓️ An opening date for the new detention center has not yet been announced.

National Guard Deployment and Legal Battles

• 🛡️ A court win means 4,000 National Guard units will remain deployed in Southern California.
• ⚖️ Governor Gavin Newsom is continuing his fight against the guard's deployment, calling the use of the guard authoritarian.
• 👑 Newsom stated that the president is not a king and is not above the law.
• 📢 President Trump noted the court win on Truth Social, implying potential federalization of Guard units in other states if warranted.