Court documents in a case against Jeane Wong revealed the existence of the operation.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego is monitoring activists who document the agency's activities, court records revealed. 

Called Operation Road Flare, the surveillance has targeted Jeane Wong, an activist who organized cyclists to patrol schools for ICE activity in their communities, and Arturo Gonzalez, an influencer on TikTok and Instagram who films encounters with immigration enforcement officials, among others. It's not clear from the document made public in a court case how many activists the government might be monitoring in San Diego.

“These are things that we are allowed to do and should be allowed to do peacefully without being monitored by the United States government,” Gonzalez said when he found out about the operation. “Who they should really be investigating are these ICE agents who are picking people up with no criminal history.”

ICE did not respond to requests for comment. The Department of Justice declined to comment.

What is ICE doing in our region? What can we do to speak out? For answers, we turn to a longtime community activist here in La Mesa, Mejgan Afshan of Borderlands for Equity.

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We had returning guest Mejgan back on the podcast to discuss the important work she does with her non-profit around civil and human rights. To learn more visit www.borderlandsforequity.org