Immigrant communities in the Inland Empire are on edge after federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen entering a grocery store on the 21st to raid undocumented immigrants.
Footage shared by the Inland Immigrant Justice Coalition on the 21st shows federal agents entering a Stater Brothers grocery store in Ontario. Status Brothers says ICE agents notified the store manager without warning that they were following a person they were monitoring at a nearby donut shop into the grocery store.
Ontario police responded to the scene that day after receiving a report and confirmed that federal agents were on official duty at the scene and explained that there was no further involvement or role.
There were unconfirmed reports that three people, including citizens, were temporarily detained because of the raid that day, but the Department of Homeland Security did not provide specific explanation. Concerns are growing in the community about the unexpected raid by federal agents and the lukewarm response of the police.