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Border Patrol Agents Brutally Beat and Detain SoCal Immigrant Worker Amid Ongoing Raids

HeadlineJun 23, 2025
Image Credit: Instagram/@santaanaproblems

In California, there’s mounting public outrage after footage went viral of at least seven masked U.S. Border Patrol agents pepper spraying and brutally beating an immigrant father and landscaper while he worked outside of an IHOP restaurant in Santa Ana. Narciso Barranco is the father of three U.S. Marines. The agents are seen hovering over Barranco, who is pinned down against the pavement, as they repeatedly punch him before forcibly putting him in the back seat of an unmarked SUV. The 48-year-old father was taken to a detention facility in Los Angeles after his arrest Saturday. One of his sons told the Los Angeles Times that his father’s shoulder was dislocated and that he had not received medical attention. Barranco’s son also said his father had not been given any water or food after more than 24 hours in detention.

In related news, rallies have continued demanding the release of photojournalist Anthony Orendorff, who is being held at a Los Angeles jail without bail after being arrested while documenting an ICE raid in the neighborhood of Pacoima last week.

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