cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/50516808
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On August 3, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents used UC San Diego (UCSD) property as a staging area, claiming they were on “official business” and investigating nearby. UCSD failed to notify students of confirmed ICE activity on UC property.
ICE began investigating after a panga boat washed ashore near the Scripps Pier in La Jolla Shores around 8 a.m. Specifically, the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division of ICE questioned multiple individuals near Scripps Pier and conducted further operations in the neighborhood near La Jolla Shores Dr & Horizon Way.
To protect the community, the Ellis Collective and Students’ Civil Liberties Union mobilized an emergency joint patrol in coordination with the local Community Self Defense Coalition. Intelligence gathered by Student Rapid Response suggests that ICE may have been surveilling a house in the neighborhood, likely to conduct a raid and/or arrest. Further insights suggest potential continued surveillance near Poole Street.
According to the UCSD Police Department (UCSDPD), ICE indicated they would be conducting an operation near La Jolla Shores Dr & Horizon Way—off university property. Yet, multiple agents with undercover vehicles, HSI vests, and special agent placards claiming “official business” were parked illegally in a fire lane on Capricorn Lane, which is University property.
Given the immediate proximity to student residences and long-standing record of constitutional and human rights violations by ICE, we advise caution for UCSD affiliates and campus community members.
According to UCSD, “to comply with the law, if federal immigration enforcement is confirmed on campus, UCSD, will send an ‘SB 98 notification’ via email.”1 We asked UCSDPD why students were not notified pursuant to Senate Bill 98 (2025) directives. A UCSDPD official argued that notification was not required as the agents “told us they were conducting their investigation off-campus” and their on-campus staging involved “just parking there.” Yet, they acknowledged that upon reports of ICE presence, an officer is meant to verify this presence, then “notify [UCSDPD] administration, then they notify the campus administration, then there’s a specific team that will do notification for the entire campus.”
First, we demand transparency and full compliance in notice of on-campus activity of immigration enforcement officers. Second, we demand that the process for notification be streamlined to ensure expedient and actionable notification to all campus stakeholders. While these demands are bare minimum of SB 98 policies adopted by the UC, we further expect the UCPD be proactive in protecting our community against ICE.
1 University of California, SanDiego. “ImmigrationPolicies, ResourceandGuidance.” Accessed August 4, 2026. https://keyissues.ucsd.edu/federal-actions/immigration-policies-resource-guidance.html