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ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities
San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^ | May 10, 2025 | By Andrew Pridgen, Central Coast Contributing Editor

Posted on 05/10/2025 11:17:59 PM PDT by thecodont

After a lull in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity on California’s Central Coast, a rash of raids has reportedly swept through San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties over the past week.

One notable arrest over the weekend left two children unattended after a man was taken from a gas station by what appeared to be a group of ICE agents.

805 UndocuFund, a collaborative nonprofit group that brings together immigrant-serving Central Coast organizations, reported what appeared to be a planned ICE arrest at the Sinclair gas station at 1050 South Ventura Road in Oxnard. Juan Conches, a gas station attendant, was an apparent witness, and recalled the arrest in Spanish for 805 UndocuFund’s Instagram account in a May 5 post.

Conches said that a man pulled up to the gas station at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Sunday to fill up his truck. Several cars, including a Ford Explorer and Toyota Tacoma, then surrounded the man. “There were at least six cars. There were a lot of cars,” Conches recalled in a video posted by 805 UndocuFund on Instagram.

The man was taken by ICE agents, and his children were left behind.

“They arrested someone,” Conches said. “They left the children inside the truck.”

Of the two young people left behind, one was identified by the organization as a minor, the other was reportedly 19, “old enough to be alone but unable to drive, stranded, and powerless to leave,” the Instagram post from 805 UndocuFund said.

“Fifteen minutes later, I asked the kids what happened,” Conches explained in the video. “They told me they took him. I then asked if I could move the truck to free up the pump. That’s it....”

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 805undocufund; aliens; andrewpridgen; demedia; ice; illegaaliens; juanconches; ohnoanyway; pridgen; sanfrancisco
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1 posted on 05/10/2025 11:17:59 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

About the “805 UndocuFund”

https://www.805undocufund.org/

805 Immigrant Rapid Response Network

The 805 Immigrant Rapid Response Network is a community-led initiative that provides support and resources to undocumented individuals and families facing immigration enforcement actions across San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. Our trained volunteers respond to reports of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) activity, offering legal observation, know-your-rights education, and immediate assistance to affected individuals.


2 posted on 05/10/2025 11:23:09 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont
a man was taken from a gas station by what appeared to be a group of ICE agents.

805 UndocuFund, a collaborative nonprofit group that brings together immigrant-serving Central Coast organizations, reported what appeared to be a planned ICE arrest at the Sinclair gas station at 1050 South Ventura Road in Oxnard. Juan Conches, a gas station attendant, was an apparent witness The reporter has no confidence that he or she is reporting the truth and probably knows it isn't the truth.

3 posted on 05/10/2025 11:30:49 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: thecodont

A 19 year old is also not a child.
A 19 year old is an adult whether they can drive or not, and if the child is a relative then he or she is responsible for the kid, not the arresting officials, if that is what they were and not some rival gang in police drag.


4 posted on 05/10/2025 11:35:15 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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5 posted on 05/10/2025 11:37:59 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: piasa

Yes. The distortive dishonest reporting is disgusting.


6 posted on 05/10/2025 11:39:17 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Why would you expect honesty from minions of the father of lies?


7 posted on 05/10/2025 11:52:42 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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To: thecodont

I am comforted knowing that about 0.2% of the population under the age of 30 reads MSM sources for their information


8 posted on 05/11/2025 12:02:48 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can't be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: thecodont

‘People being rounded up pumping their own gas in Oxnard,” Supervisor Laura Capps said’

Not driving an EV has consequences. ‘cept of course, a Tesla. It’s so confusing.


9 posted on 05/11/2025 12:57:54 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: thecodont

The article says that there were 3 confirmed raids and 7 arrests. In what sense are these communities being “overwhelmed,” as the headline claims?


10 posted on 05/11/2025 1:49:26 AM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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Like an antibiotic does to the body overwhelmed with a dangerous bacteria.


11 posted on 05/11/2025 2:38:46 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: Alvin Diogenes

Kind of like a Congresswoman bumping into an ICE agent, and the headline says “bodyslammed a Federal agent”.


12 posted on 05/11/2025 2:48:15 AM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: Fireone

Those are two separate incidents at the same insurrection.


13 posted on 05/11/2025 3:14:03 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: piasa
"A 19 year old is an adult whether they can drive or not..."

In all likelihood, the 19 year old drives regularly. I'm guessing the only reason he "couldn't" drive is because law enforcement making the arrests would not allow him due to lack of a license or insurance.

14 posted on 05/11/2025 3:20:42 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: thecodont

“...know-your-rights...”??

Seriously?

Here’s an idea. How’s ‘bout letting them stay if they pay back all the bennies they got while grifting here?


15 posted on 05/11/2025 4:40:55 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: thecodont

But the illegal immigrants havent overwhelmed them? These folks are scum


16 posted on 05/11/2025 4:40:57 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: piasa
A 19 year old is also not a child.

Not anymore, thanks to Obama.

Now you are a child until you are 26.

Don't forget that ObamaCare makes you a child on your parents health insurance until 26 years of age. Long enough for you to get your Phd.

You have to feed that Education monster.

17 posted on 05/11/2025 4:44:35 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Jaysin

LOL! Yep. Thank God for small miracles. :)


18 posted on 05/11/2025 4:52:55 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !!)
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To: ifinnegan

And insulting, quite frankly.


19 posted on 05/11/2025 5:03:43 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: thecodont

Good! Maybe...just maybe...strop harboring these illegal alien invader criminals. ALL must GO! GET OUT!


20 posted on 05/11/2025 5:05:11 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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