This is very bad.

 "US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’" | US immigration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-jailed-ice-los-angeles

"Staff did not give her water and she learned from other residents that she had to buy a cup, but having been detained just hours before, she had no money on her account. She also couldn’t buy utensils to eat. One woman on her way out donated her cup and spork to Velez.

After two nights in jail, she was brought to court on assault charges.

In an affidavit filed by the justice department, Joseph Arko, an agent working for a homeland security taskforce investigating 'immigration crimes:, said the Ice officers had stopped in downtown to 'question two individuals about whether they were lawfully present' in the US. As one individual fled, one of the officers alleged Velez 'stepp[ed] into his path and extend[ed] one of her arms in an apparent effort to prevent him from apprehending the male', Arko summarized. The officer claimed she was so 'abrupt', 'he could not stop his momentum' and her arm 'struck' him in the face.

Velez was stunned to read the allegations: 'I never hit anyone. I’ve never hurt anybody, ever. Everyone who knows me knows the kind of person I am. I’m quiet, reserved, always doing the right thing, always following rules.'

Sixteen days after her arrest, the justice department moved to dismiss the charges against her.

Velez’s lawyer, Diane Bass, said she had requested body-worn footage and witness statements before the dismissal: 'I never got them. That tells me they did not have the evidence they needed and this was a false and unlawful arrest. It is a shocking and disgusting travesty of justice, and no human, never mind an American citizen, should ever be treated like that.'

The justice department, US attorney’s office, Ice and the DHS did not respond to detailed inquiries about Velez’s case. A spokesperson for the bureau of prisons, which runs the jail, did not respond to questions about her account, saying in an email its mission is to 'operate facilities that are safe, secure, and humane'."

~ Sam Levine

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-jailed-ice-los-angeles