We want to take a minute to update our community. In the past week, we have seen a dramatic drop in sightings and kidnappings across Los Angeles. This has correlated to a decrease in activity from Terminal Island, and no BOLOs from this organization.
We have credible reports that ICE/CBP has demobilized from the Coast Guard base on Terminal Island. While we are awaiting final confirmation, we are claiming this as a tentative victory for the people of Harbor Area. For eight straight months, community members have put their boots on the ground to observe and document agents leaving Terminal Island. We have been there in the heat and the pouring rain. We were there on Christmas Day and many birthdays. Even when people were being kidnapped and killed for their activism, our numbers continued to grow. DHS should know that we will not be defeated -- that if they come back, or if they attempt to turn the prison into an ICE detention facility, we will be here. We have demonstrated our determination and our resilience over and over and over again.
To the people of Los Angeles -- we love you. The community patrols will continue, and we will continue to stay vigilant in our communities. We love you more than we love the Olympics, more than we love our own comfort and privilege, and more than we love sleep. HAPP is not going anywhere because there's nowhere to go -- this is our home, and we will defend it and our people forever.
