ICE seizes person in Berkeley in operation in which little is known

Editors’ note: This article was first published July 14 and updated July 16 with additional information.

Federal agents detained a 30-year-old visa holder near Telegraph Avenue and Woolsey Street on July 9 and, by all appearances, did so without telling anyone in city leadership or law enforcement.

Agents from the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), a law enforcement arm of the State Department, and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations division, under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), conducted a “civil immigration enforcement operation,” a State Department spokesperson said on Monday…

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