Award-winning ICE journalist. The Daily Memo. Apple Maps 'Where Memo Eats'. On Netflix. 3rd-gen landscaper. Proud son of immigrants. UC Berkeley alumn. Harvard fellow. https://solo.to/eltragonhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mu6r2se6ac2dThe ICE Burnout 🧵 1/529 Aug 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6r2se6ac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mu3sfngex22k“They just don’t get it. They can argue and bitch all day about Trump, but people like me have to live with this every day. I have to worry about my dad every time he leaves through that front door, and people just don’t fucking get what it’s like to be us right now.” https://lataco.com/ice-watch-newsletter-127 Aug 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3sfngex22khttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mtwqbsg6gs2jCatch me sliding into your emails with ICE news [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwqbsg6gs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mtumo3d3i22s. @izzymirez.bsky.social @chularadio.bsky.social and I are starting a newsletter for ICE coverage. I'm working on the first draft. I will be talking about the Daily Memo, what's been happening, and also important info, stories, and reporting. Sign-up lataco.com/newsletters25 Aug 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtumo3d3i22shttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mtms4cpufs2t“So far, this is the realest fight against these [ICE] raids we have in L.A.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtms4cpufs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mswdq6np6s2fPSA: Wether flying, driving, or walking, work permits and pending asylum cases do not protect you from ICE. If your DACA is expired and pending renewal, you are a target and a work permit or pending application will not protect you from ICE. Pass it along!13 Aug 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswdq6np6s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mstqyvg4p22nEXCLUSIVE: I spoke with a Cuban asylum seeker deported to Central African Republic without his ID, money, or cell phone. https://lataco.com/asylum-seeker-deported-to-africa11 Aug 2026 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstqyvg4p22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3msjn4nrzg22fThis wasn't Trump. The "Obama administration modified the conditions of those permits: it limited their validity to five years and removed the possibility of renewal." Obama was so anti-immigrant, but sure, people defend him because he was at least nice about it. https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-06/around-400-employees-of-mexican-consulates-in-the-united-states-face-the-risk-of-losing-their-visas-and-becoming-undocumented.html07 Aug 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjn4nrzg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mseymzw4a225ICE tried to hide a death that happened on the week of July 20th by releasing him from custody at Delaney Hall Detention center to University Hospital while the ambulance arrived 30-45 minutes after this person had a medical emergency during his intake. https://lataco.com/ice-hiding-deaths06 Aug 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseymzw4a225https://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3ms7uehtpzc2gAnother day, another death, another child loses her father to ICE. Credit to Cosecha NJ and Radio Rebeldia for their reporting.04 Aug 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7uehtpzc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3ms7qtjkkps2pICE’s strategies have evolved a bit and are influenced now by Border Patrol, including using racial slurs and terms like “Tonk,” which is a term used by Border Patrol agents that refers to hitting people in the head with a flashlight. I explain how on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social04 Aug 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7qtjkkps2phttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mrvyvueyus2650th Death in ICE Custody Turned 29 while Dying of Medical Neglect Prisciliano Trejo Ricano 29-year-old Mexican Died July 24, 202631 Jul 2026 03:23 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvyvueyus26https://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mrt4mqiqyk2f“The common trend we’re seeing is that most people who have been taken at airports seemingly overstayed expired visas or have pending asylum applications.” Izzy and my latest for L.A. TACO [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrt4mqiqyk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mrshnls4kk2pICE drop and leave their gun magazines in the street after one of their vehicles broke down in Compton this morning. Credit to @lahoodlove & @siempreunidosla29 Jul 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrshnls4kk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mrnoqi6db22p7/27/2026 5:42 a.m. SOUTH L.A. Avalon & Vernon: ICE violently pulls a young man out of a parked vehicle by the neck27 Jul 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnoqi6db22phttps://bsky.app/profile/eltragon.bsky.social/post/3mrfu6ixcts2pICE has been in San Fernando Valley, CA every day now for the last couple weeks targeting Panorama City, Pacoima, Van Nuys and surrounding areas likely working out of their new field office in Van Nuys. This was in North Hollywood this morning on Lankershim and Cohasset St. This is just one of many.24 Jul 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:whavksrvylcea25pi3robiox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfu6ixcts2p