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Lawyers and Advocates Warn of ICE “Disappearances” Amid Ongoing Raids

HeadlineJun 24, 2025

As nationwide ICE raids rip through communities, activists are warning immigrants who are taken into federal custody are effectively being disappeared, with lawyers and relatives unable to locate detainees in public government records. Advocates in the Los Angeles area say they’ve received thousands of calls reporting missing people following ICE arrests, as officials reportedly fail to log people’s information in the agency’s detainee locator database. ICE has reportedly lost track of immigrants in its custody as it also repeatedly transfers people from one ICE jail to another.

In more news from Los Angeles, photojournalist Anthony Orendorff was released from jail without charges Monday following his arrest last week while documenting an ICE raid.

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