ICE arrest Pasadena mother without warrant--turns out they abducted wrong person. Only 2 of 3 agents had a badge

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ICE arrest Pasadena mother without warrant—turns out they abducted wrong person.

Only 2 of 3 agents had a badge—none were in uniform.

"I didn’t know if I was witnessing a hate crime or a kidnapping," said witness.

Video cuts off just as daughter begs, "Call the police."

"And because they might have been law enforcement, I wasn’t even sure whether to call the police."

Jillian Reed did end up calling 911—reporting what she thought was a possible kidnapping.

Rosalina Luna Vargas was eventually taken into custody despite her 2 children's best efforts.

After inflicting all of that trauma—ICE later admit they arrested the wrong person by mistake in the first place.

Told the family they had just been "in the wrong place at the wrong time."

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-agents-detain-mother-pasadena-032327533.html
ICE agents detain mother in Pasadena in front of children without showing a warrant

[sop]

2. What did the local police do?

Besides taking statements, have they identified these men? Are they going arrest or charge anyone?

[Iggo]

11. Guarded rich people's money.

[cab67]

18. Probably not a lot they can do.

Local police usually can't interfere with federal law enforcement - or in this case "law enforcement."

The woman who was abducted - it would be wrong to call it an arrest - will have to file a lawsuit. No idea what the chances of success are on that, though; she was released, and ICE can claim to have been working "in good faith" or something like that.

[DBoon]

3. "in the wrong place at the wrong time."

So it is the responsibility of citizens (and non-citizen residents) to always make sure they are in the right place at the right time?

What place are safe and what places should we avoid? Are there times of day that are safer to be outdoors?

Or maybe they are implying that anyone in a public place is subject to kidnapping by police state thugs. Too bad for them. They deserved it. /s

[Demovictory9]

6. These events remind me o treatment of Black people pre 1990s..new Jim Crow?

[BidenRocks]

16. Not a Green Book,

but a daily Green Sheet app.
Nextdoor works okay.
My local covers Sylmar, San Fernando, Pacoima and adjoining cities and I know where ICE is.
Out of 100 people I see in a day, only a few are white.
I have no problem with this.
A smile goes a long way and they also speak English. (Duh!)
Much better than my Spanish.

[Demovictory9]

17. I know your area well

[BidenRocks]

20. I like how the area got a facelift

and new construction.
Now it's a destination for businesses.
In and Out is almost open on Foothill.
I prefer mom and pops for my Mexican Cuisine.
Look where you are! Why would you go to a chain?

[Mblaze]

10. The USA (place) with Trump as President (time).

[tulipsandroses]

4. Unbelievable. Its only a matter of time before they kill someone and then say oops, wrong person

If anyone knows how to blur pics, someone should blur that license plate. I fear for retaliation against the family. This is where we are. The victims end up getting harassed.

[allegorical oracle]

5. Hope she sues the DHS up the wazoo. nt

[cab67]

19. I wouldn't hold my breath on that succeeding, unfortunately.

She wasn't held that long, and she was released. Unless she lost her job over this or was very seriously injured, it's not likely a good lawyer would take this one.

ICE can always claim it was an honest mistake, and that they corrected it as soon as the error was made clear to them. IOr as soon as it went public, at any rate.)

At least in this case, they're not trying to make up some sort of phony "crime" to justify their actions, as they have in the past.

[allegorical oracle]

23. It has to have been crazy traumatic. But know what you're saying. Seems like

legal action is all that this admin. understands, given that it has no humanity.

[sakabatou]

7. So, wrong person, no warrant, and a possible impostor among ICE

I swear, people have to call 911 and report all of them impostors, attempting to kidnap someone.

[DFW]

21. Agreed!

Grabbing someone and carting them off with no legal justification whatsoever is kidnapping, a felony. The excuse that we made a mistake and abducted the wrong person does NOT cut it. A Texas cop was jailed for murder when she and her squad busted into the wrong house and killed a woman. A cop committing a violent crime against someone due to mistaken identity does NOT get to give that an exonerating excuse. If they do something evil to an innocent person because they "thought" she was someone else, they are guilty of the crime committed, period. Whether or not they get prosecuted for it is another matter, but sometimes, they do. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, in this current ICE feeding frenzy, no thug who has committed a violent crime against an innocent due to mistaken identity has yet to be charged and tried for the offense. Until that changes, or until a couple of ICE-contracted thugs are killed by innocent armed people they tried to abduct by mistake, the reign of terror will continue.

[FBaggins]

8. They don't need a warrant to arrest someone outside

But they do need to have probable cause to believe that the person committed a crime in their jurisdiction.

So who did they think she was?

[Shipwack]

13. They thought she was too brown. nt

[Zackzzzz]

9. It looks like a kidnapping to me.

[Grokenstein]

12. A brief moment of hope in the middle of this terrorist kidnapping

Last edited Sun Jun 29, 2025, 10:29 PM - Edit history (1)

https://pasadenanow.com/main/ice-agents-detain-mother-in-front-of-her-children-in-pasadena

The situation escalated when Vargas broke free and ran into Del Mar Park, an assisted living facility at 990 East Del Mar Boulevard, according to witnesses.

Her children formed what Reed described to KTLA as “a human wall” to protect their mother.

Facility staff reportedly told the agents they were on private property and needed to leave without a warrant, according to witnesses. The agents complied, photographed witnesses, and departed in two separate vehicles before returning later and detaining Vargas.

...Apart from that whole "photographed witnesses" bit. And returning later to finish the crime.

What I DON'T see in articles is Vargas' current status. Was she released? Or disappeared?

Miller's Gestapo only cares about meeting quotas. Don't expect humanity from Nazis.

[Buddyzbuddy]

14. Hey! All of you brown aholes that voted Republican

this is why you don't. Brown is brown. Your I.D. does not have R or D. You are the target, your children are the target, your spouses are the target and your parents are the target. Next time you go to vote, look in the mirror and then look at any Republican leader, pundit, or townhall and tell yourself one of these is not like the other.

Color and race aren't the reason you need to vote Democratically it's the reason they vote Republican. To them, you are the problem not, part of the solution.

Stop thinking you are one of them, you are a scourge. You have alienated your people at what price. You show stupidity and hatred of your heritage. You should be paraded around "our neighborhoods" with signs and a cowbell so others avoid becoming you.

This is no longer a choice between 2 parties. This is a choice to hate. It's that simple. You are incapable of loving yourself and therefore incapable of loving your fellow human being.

Do us all a big favor and move to Idaho. See how welcoming they will be.

Sorry everybody, I got side tracked.
Enjoy the rest of your day.

[moniss]

15. Also it is typical that when they mistakenly grab

someone and take them away they don't give you transportation back to where you were. Plus if you were by your car or driving your car will be towed and set up for asset forfeiture. If you can get out in time before it is "disposed of" you will have to pay a big towing and storage charge in order to get your vehicle back. That can run into the thousands of dollars in a short time. Even though none of it ever should have happened.

[Joinfortmill]

22. Get an attorney and sue them