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Civil Liberties·Severity 2 — Notable

Outcry after ICE violently detains US citizen walking to high school: ‘I thought they were going to kill me’

ICE enforcement [ice_general]. <p>Agents pinned down Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old with disabilities, and left him with a broken wrist in latest example of ICE brutality as activity surges in California</p><p>The violent ICE detention of a US citizen with disabilities as he walked to his high school has sparked outrage in California where leaders are c

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    The Guardian

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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/ice-california-detention-santa-maria
    “<p>Agents pinned down Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old with disabilities, and left him with a broken wrist in latest example of ICE brutality as activity surges in California</p><p>The violent ICE detention of a US citizen with disabilities as he walked to his high school has sparked outrage in California where leaders are condemning the incident as racial profiling and calling on authorities to investigate.</p><p>Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old high school student, was stopped by Immigration and Customs E”