Four people were detained by federal immigration agents in Livermore on Thursday, an Alameda County immigrant legal services group reported, adding to a week of reported enforcement activity across the Tri-Valley.
The Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership, known as ACILEP, said on social media that agents detained three people around 9 a.m. near Paseo Laguna Seco and Corte Reina Common, and took a fourth into custody around 2:10 p.m. at the Grocery Outlet lot, 1320 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton Weekly reported.
The group said it had confirmed several other sightings of agents in Livermore that day that were not tied to an arrest, and that it is giving legal help to one of the four people detained.
Livermore police told Pleasanton Weekly they knew nothing about the arrests, since the department does not partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on immigration cases. California's sanctuary laws generally bar local agencies from helping with federal immigration enforcement.
A watch at a Pleasanton hotel
In Pleasanton, rapid response volunteers have been watching the Residence Inn by Marriott since the evening of Oct. 29, The Independent reported. They say five trucks and SUVs with Colorado and Arizona plates have returned to the hotel's lot each night since Oct. 28, and ACILEP said in an Oct. 31 post that the vehicles belong to ICE.
Volunteers reported similar vehicles with Washington plates at a Livermore hotel on Nov. 2.
Residents held a noise protest at the Pleasanton hotel on Oct. 30. Pleasanton police patrolled and told the group it could demonstrate as long as it stayed on the public sidewalk, according to The Independent. Volunteers said hotel management denied that ICE was on the property; management did not respond to The Independent's request for comment.
