Man with lawful status among four detained by ICE outside Kerman bakery
Four customers of a Kerman bakery were detained in an early morning operation the mayor called an 'ambush'; one was later released after proving lawful status but remained shaken.
Oct 8, 2026Kerman, CA
ICE agents detained four customers of La Princesa Real Bakery in Kerman during an early morning operation, which Kerman Mayor Maria Pacheco described as an 'ambush' after the bakery owner's son said ICE followed the customers' van into the parking lot. One of the detained individuals was later released after it was determined he had lawful immigration status, though he was shaken by the encounter. Pacheco confronted the masked agents on camera, and the video was shared widely on social media; community groups monitoring ICE activity in the Fresno area say agents have relied on racial profiling and patrols near sites frequented by immigrant workers rather than targeting individuals with warrants.
“But what frightened me more was the thought of remaining silent while my neighbors are being terrorized,”
“I was standing there as a mother, as a daughter of farmworkers. This could have been my abuelito.”
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