{"id":178195,"date":"2026-02-14T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178195\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:39:09","slug":"immigration-agents-have-left-terminal-island-staging-area-congresswoman-says-long-beach-post-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178195\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration agents have left Terminal Island staging area, congresswoman says \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal immigration authorities have withdrawn from the Coast Guard base at Terminal Island in San Pedro, which activists and local officials say was used since the summer as a staging ground for immigration raids carried out across the Southern California region.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Saturday, Rep. Nanette Barrag\u00e1n said she had confirmed with the U.S. Coast Guard late Friday that ICE and Border Patrol agents vacated the base at the Port of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether this is a permanent withdrawal or a temporary move to another site elsewhere in Los Angeles County, Barrag\u00e1n said.<\/p>\n<p>A DHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Coast Guard\u2019s Los Angeles press office has not yet confirmed the withdrawal to the Long Beach Post.<\/p>\n<p>County Supervisor Janice Hahn, along with Los Angeles Councilmember Tim McOsker, who represents Wilmington, San Pedro and the Harbor Area, celebrated the agent\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I am still awaiting confirmation from the federal government of the demobilization, I believe these accounts to be true,\u201d McOsker wrote in a statement. \u201cAlthough we do not know the reason for their departure, in moments like this, we will take any good news we can get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this is good news, we still need to remain vigilant \u2014 don\u2019t put away your whistles just yet,\u201d Hahn said in a statement, referencing tactics used by community groups to alert neighbors to immigration raids.<\/p>\n<p>Barrag\u00e1n urged immigration agents to stay away. \u201cWe want ICE out of our communities,\u201d she wrote on X. \u201cLet\u2019s hope this is a first step towards that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her confirmation that they\u2019d withdrawn comes after local officials and several watchdog groups announced on social media that enforcement agents were seen leaving the facility, which holds a U.S. Coast Guard base and low-security prison.<\/p>\n<p>Most say that agents have used the area since last summer to stage operations across the county. In a press conference last June, activists told reporters they had observed <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/immigration\/officials-call-for-probe-into-immigration-officers-presence-on-terminal-island\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">federal officers <\/a>in \u201cICE\u201d marked military vests driving either green-stripe Border Patrol vehicles or unmarked cars through the facility\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/27jun25-6-27-25-japanese-4-685360-cthkghdb-399048-5C4jwNC9-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175904\"  \/>Maya Suzuki Daniels, of San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice, at a press conference at the Terminal Island Japanese Fishing Village Memorial on Friday, June 27, 2025. The group was part of a coalition that raised alarms about immigration agents operating out of the area. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n<p>Several officials, including McOsker, attribute the agency\u2019s withdrawal to continued pressure by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/harborareapeacepatrols\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harbor Area Peace Patrols<\/a>, which has regularly watched the entrance for the past eight months.<\/p>\n<p>The group said they\u2019ve been able to connect dozens of government vehicles passing through the terminal to <a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/brief\/news\/los-angeles-activities\/ice-raids-immigration-japanese-american-terminal-island\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">raids observed around the state.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUt0eKpkl7n\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online post<\/a> Friday, Harbor Area Peace Patrols said there has been a dip in the number of agents entering and exiting Terminal Island last week, which they believe correlates to a \u201cdramatic drop in sightings and kidnappings across Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have credible reports that ICE\/CBP has demobilized from the Coast Guard base on Terminal Island,\u201d the post read. \u201cWhile we are awaiting final confirmation, we are claiming this as a tentative victory for the people of Harbor Area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal immigration authorities have withdrawn from the Coast Guard base at Terminal Island in San Pedro, which activists&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-178195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}