Breaking News: ICE Raids (NOW) in Los Angeles Area

February 9, 2017

The UC Undocumented Legal Services Center has just learned that the Department of Homeland Security, through its enforcement arm, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), is conducting raids throughout Southern California, including Van Nuys, Downey, Norwalk, Oxnard, San Bernardino, and Santa Paula.

More specifically, ICE agents are targeting individuals with prior removal, or deportation, orders. We have also gotten reports that even individuals without prior orders of removal are being targeted. This includes people who do not have any criminal records. The reports describe that unmarked white vans are going through neighborhoods, with agents targeting specific individuals for enforcement.

We do not have any additional information right now, but when we do, we will notify you.

If any of your students or their family members are affected, please have them contact the Center attorney that works with your campus. Please direct them to Know Your Rights information in case they encounter ICE officers: http://unitedwedream.org/thank-deportation-defense-card-handy-phone/ (English and Spanish).

Additionally, if more immediate help is sought, please reach out to the following attorneys that are trusted and have experience with these types of cases. If individuals reach out to other attorneys, please ensure that they are licensed attorneys (i.e. check Calbar.org) and have experience with removal defense and detention cases.

One tool that individuals can use if a family-member is detained is the online detainee locator: https://locator.ice.gov/odls/homePage.do. Furthermore, if your loved one is detained at Adelanto Detention Center, instructions on how to contact them is at: https://www.ice.gov/detention-facility/adelanto-detention-facility.

Below is a list of non-profit organizations that will not charge for their services:

Public Counsel

610 South Ardmore Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90005 Phone: (213) 385-2977

CHIRLA

2533 West 3rd Street

Los Angeles, CA 90057

Phone: (213) 353-1333

Immigrant Center for Women and Children

634 South Spring Street, Suite 727 Los Angeles, CA 90014

Phone: (213) 614-1165 Fax: (213) 624-1163

You can find attorneys in your area at http://www.ailalawyer.org/. Additionally, below is a list of trusted private attorneys that will charge for their services:

Vera A. Weisz

Weisz Immigration Law Group

510 West 6th Street, Suite 200

Los Angeles, CA 90014

Phone: (213) 347-0025

Fax: (213) 623-2899

Email: vera@wilawgroup.com

Nikhil Shah

355 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 2450

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Phone: (213) 943-1322 Fax: (213) 943-1324

Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin