{"id":179820,"date":"2026-02-16T05:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/179820\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:38:08","slug":"ice-agents-depart-terminal-island-a-key-staging-ground-for-immigration-raids-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/179820\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agents depart Terminal Island, a key staging ground for immigration raids in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal immigration agents have left a U.S. Coast Guard facility that&#8217;s been a key staging area for them in the Port of L.A., according to U.S. Rep. Nanette Barragan who represents the area.<\/p>\n<p>Since last summer, agents have been <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/los-angeles-activities\/ice-raids-immigration-japanese-american-terminal-island\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">using the base on Terminal Island<\/a> as a launch point for operations.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to LAist, Barragan, a Democrat, says she confirmed with the Coast Guard last night that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol have vacated the base. She says it&#8217;s unclear at this time whether the move is permanent or if agents are moving to another location in L.A. County.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials and community groups are celebrating the agents&#8217; departure from Terminal Island. Volunteers with the Harbor Area Peace Patrols have been monitoring agent activity for months, tracking vehicles and sharing information with advocacy networks.<\/p>\n<p>        Keep up with LAist.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re enjoying this article, you&#8217;ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.  <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the group said it received reports of the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal immigration agents have left a U.S. Coast Guard facility that&#8217;s been a key staging area for them&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-179820","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\/179820","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=179820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}