ICE detains US citizen in California
The gist
A former Long Beach city employee was detained by ICE and hospitalized with a broken arm.
The case follows another detained US citizen in Santa Maria.
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2026Alexandria Quintanar said an ICE agent chased her car through Santa Maria while she yelled that she was a U.S. citizen; she was detained at the ICE field office, shackled, held in a solitary room and released about a half hour later.
- Oct 17, 2026Ricardo Gonzalez, a former Long Beach city employee, was detained by ICE in Long Beach; his family says he is a U.S. citizen and was hospitalized with a broken arm.
- Oct 18, 2026Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said masked ICE agents broke the arm of a U.S. citizen during a detention attempt in Long Beach on Saturday; Gonzalez's family confirmed to NBC Los Angeles that he is a U.S. citizen.