Two federal agencies from two U.S. Cabinet departments executed an immigration enforcement operation in Berkeley 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” July 9, according to a State Department spokesperson.
The State Department did not respond to questions about people detained or arrested, or the nature of the enforcement action, referring questions to ICE, which led the operation. Neither ICE nor DHS have responded to inquiries from Berkeleyside…