Seven workers at a Long Beach car wash were detained by federal immigration agents Saturday, one of whom appeared to faint and collapse while in custody.
The incident comes nearly a week since the United States Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration could, at least temporarily, resume sweeping immigration enforcement operations in L.A. and seven other SoCal counties.
There have also been multiple reports that masked federal agents have swept up American citizens during the raids, as well as others with documentation granting them legal status.
Workers at Bixby Knoll’s Car Wash, at 577 E. Wardlow Rd., were the latest to be targeted in the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration dragnet.
The raid, according to witnesses, some of whom documented it on their cellphones, said th