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Memo Torres’ daily videos for L.A. Taco have become an indispensable record of ICE deportation raids in the region.

Torres recently sold his landscaping business and is pursuing journalism full-time.

At 8 o’clock on a stormy weeknight in the chilly Chinatown offices of L.A. Taco, Memo Torres finally was worn out.

Since President Trump unleashed his deportation deluge on Los Angeles in June , the 45-year-old has chronicled nearly every immigration enforcement action in the region in three-minute “Daily Memo” videos for the online publication. He and his colleagues track down film footage and photos, reach out to officials to verify what they’ve found and hammer out a script for T

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