ICE enforcement ramping up in Pittsburgh’s only Latino neighborhood

Immigration enforcement activity is ramping up in Pittsburgh’s Latino neighborhood.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen at various locations throughout Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9, with one arrest taking place, according to residents and advocates.

Here’s when and where they were seen.

Where was ICE seen in Pittsburgh?

ICE agents were seen on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood. They were spotted stopping but not detaining a father as he walked his daughter to school, eating at Chicken Latino on Broadway Avenue and engaging in a verbal altercation with Joey Berumen, whose family runs the Mexican grocery store Las Palmas, said Monica Ruiz…

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