On Nov. 16, 2025, federal agents, in collaboration with 50 SAPD officers, swarmed a food truck park off San Pedro near Basse Road. They claimed to be targeting a drug dealer. But when the raid was over, 143 people were swept into custody.
In this new interview, @rosetinted.vision sits with attorney Hannah Eash-Gates who represents one of those men, a husband and father from Honduras who was granted asylum in 2021.

His story is a nightmare:
🚔 He was sitting in his car when agents surrounded him, smashed every window except the windshield, pulled him out, and shackled his hands and feet.

🪪 At the processing facility, he showed them his valid driver’s license, Social Security card, and work permit. Agents told him they were fake.

📧 Despite his lawyer emailing proof of his legal asylum status on Nov. 20, officials ignored her. He remained illegally locked up for almost four weeks before a judge finally dismissed his removal proceeding on Dec. 9.

The justification was “Venezuelan gang activity,” but the reality was mass detention without cause. The original drug charges used for justification of the entire raid were dropped days later. We still don’t know how many of the 143 people detained were legal residents or were deported. Community groups are still fighting to get more transparency and accountability from the agencies involved.