LA running club monitors for immigration agents
Iris Delgado’s Huntington Park Run Club in Los Angeles has begun monitoring for federal immigration agents as a response to a series of Trump‑administration raids that have targeted nearby parking lots and homes this summer. The group posts sightings on Instagram, deploys a bike marshal to check participants' safety at each meetup, hands out flyers on legal rights, and says community events and school ceremonies have been disrupted by enforcement actions. The article places the club’s activities in the broader context of LA County enforcement and notes a recent Supreme Court move that eased temporary limits on roving immigration patrols.
Immigration
Public Safety
🔍 Key Facts
- Huntington Park Run Club (founded by Iris Delgado) warns followers via Instagram about federal immigration‑agent sightings and brings flyers informing people of their rights.
- Club meets twice weekly; one run recently drew about 30 participants ranging in age from 11 to people in their 60s and 70s; a bike marshal accompanies meets to check on runners.
- Local impacts: Home Depot parking lot less than a mile north has been repeatedly targeted by raids; a neighboring high school went into lockdown during its June graduation; the article notes the Supreme Court recently lifted temporary restrictions that had barred certain roving patrol tactics.
📍 Contextual Background
- Video footage captured an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer pushing a visibly upset Ecuadoran woman to the ground outside an immigration court at the 26 Federal Plaza building in Manhattan.
- ICE said Ruben Abelardo Ortiz-Lopez came onto ICE's radar after being arrested by local authorities in June 2024 on charges of assault and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation.