Public Safety · Kerman, CA
Kerman Mayor Confronts ICE Agents Detaining Four Outside Local Bakery
Kerman Mayor Maria Pacheco confronted ICE agents around 6:30 a.m. Thursday after they detained four customers outside La Princesa Real Bakery, a roughly 20-year-old local business. One detainee was later released due to lawful immigration status. Community groups monitoring Fresno-area ICE activity report that recent operations have relied on patrols near sites frequented by immigrant workers rather than targeting individuals with warrants. Pacheco, running for the District 1 Fresno County Board of Supervisors seat in the Nov. 3 election, said she recorded the confrontation because ICE is 'not truthful about how these situations are occurring.'