ICE makes multiple arrests across the Peninsula

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made five arrests Tuesday throughout San Mateo County, according to the county s Rapid Response Hotline and Office of Community Affairs. Two arrests were reported in East Palo Alto, one around 6 a.m. at a Chevron gas station and another at 9:45 a.m. at Woodland Avenue. Another arrest occurred at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of Dollar Tree and Home Depot in San Carlos. Two additional arrests were made in the city of San Mateo, the first at 7:45 a.m. at Chavez Supermarket and another at 11 a.m. at South Idaho Street. The arrests were confirmed by alerts from Faith in Action Bay Area, an organization that operates the Rapid Response Hotline for the county, a coalition of immigrant rights activists that connect people to resources who are impacted by immigration enforcement. The San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs also sent out a notice of the arrests. Faith in Action Bay Area also says that ICE enforcement in the county has in