After a few quiet weeks, immigration advocates on the Central Coast issued a series of community alerts warning of confirmed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, including multiple arrests , in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties beginning on April 29. More targeted ICE operations are expected in the area through May 10, according to the alerts issued by 805 UndocuFund , the lead organization in the 805 Immigration Coalition , which monitors immigration enforcement in the region through the 24/7 Rapid Response Hotline.
The Rapid Response Hotline confirmed reports of immigration enforcement entering an apartment complex in Oxnard on April 29. Just two days later, on May 1, ICE activity was confirmed in Santa Barbara’s Eastside neighborhood near Voluntario Street.
While no arrests were reported in those two first incidents, 805 UndocuFund issued a community warning on May 2, following another report of a woman in Camarillo who was pulled over by a Ventura County Sheriff’s deputy for window tint then asked for her legal status when an unmarked Chevy Silverado (later confirmed to be ICE) arrived at the scene.