Home Depot: On Friday June 6 and Saturday June 7 ICE made multiple arrests of workers standing outside Home Depot in Santa Ana, Paramount, Whittier, Huntington Park and other Los Angeles area Home Depot locations.

According to the LA Times, “We saw videos on social media of people being detained really aggressively by what looked to be both masked and armed ICE agents and others that were in full military gear,” said Orange County Supervisor Vincent Sarmiento. The supervisor urged members of the public who might engage in protests to use their “energy positively and peacefully so we don’t change the narrative here and make the victims out to be the villains.” According to Casey Conway of the Orange County Rapid Response Network, immigration enforcement agents were also seen detaining people at a doughnut shop, a warehouse, restaurants, and gyms. The immigration advocacy group operates a hotline and received several calls around 8 a.m. about sweeps. The group sent representatives to several locations to confirm the federal activity, Conway said.”(Go here and here.)

LA area car wash: “Jesús Cruz, who has worked at the car wash for more than a decade and lived in the US for more than 30 years, was among the six men who were arrested over the course of two raids. His wife, Noemi Ciau, told the BBC she was shopping with her daughter when she spotted a social media post about a possible raid. It included a photo of the car wash, so she dropped her daughter at home and raced there. By the time she arrived, however, she was too late. She has not been able to reach her husband since.”You are so used to having a partner there, just to help you out, to be the backbone… now it’s like – how am I going to do it?” she said. “My husband has no criminal background. He’s never gotten a ticket before. We pay our taxes. We’re up to date on everything.” (Go here).

California farms: “Alarm spread through California agricultural centers [on June 10] as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities — who had largely refrained from major enforcement action in farming communities in the first months of the Trump administration — were showing up at farm fields and packinghouses from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley. “Today we are seeing an uptick in the chaotic presence of immigration enforcement, particularly the Border Patrol,” said Elizabeth Strater, vice president of the United Farm Workers. “We’re seeing it in multiple areas.” Advocates from numerous immigrant advocacy groups said their phones were lighting up with calls, videos and texts from multiple counties. in Oxnard in Ventura County, organizers responded to multiple calls of federal immigration authorities staging near fields and entering a packinghouse at Boskovich Farms. Hazel Davalos of the group Cause, said there were reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents trying to access multiple farms in Oxnard, but that in many cases, they were denied entry. (Go here.)

The apparel industry: “Saraí Ortiz’s father, Jose, worked 18 years for Ambiance Apparel, rising to become a floor manager at the sprawling fast-fashion warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. His tenure ended [June 6], when federal authorities raided the company, arresting Jose Ortiz and more than 40 other immigrant workers as Saraí watched. “You know this is a possibility all your life, but then when it happens, it plays out differently than what you think,” she said Monday, standing in front of the wrought-iron fencing of Ambiance’s parking lot. Ambiance was one of four businesses raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday, igniting a weekend of civil unrest that has led to the controversial deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles. It was also the site of the arrest of labor leader David Huerta, who was released Monday on a $50,000 bond. Ortiz was joined at a protest Monday by other families of those detained, making a public plea for help and due process. Many of the wives and children of those taken by ICE — all men — have had little or no contact with their loved ones. Even lawyers have been denied access, they said.” (Go here).