DEA activity in San Jose leads to rumors of ICE sweep

The San Jose Mercury News reports:

Federal drug agents descended on a smog check business near downtown San Jose on Thursday morning, sparking confusion and panic at the nearby Sacred Heart Community Services over a false alarm that ICE was raiding the nonprofit organization.

Several agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol swooped into the area on South 1st Street to search the small smog-checking business with police dogs.

But many people quickly fled Sacred Heart after hearing rumors that ICE was nearby, a sign that fears of immigration enforcement are at an all-time high, according to community development director Lydia Guel.

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