On August 14, 2025, a man was fatally struck by a vehicle on the 210 Freeway in Monrovia, California, while fleeing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation at a nearby Home Depot, intensifying local protests against aggressive immigration raids.
The incident, reported by ABC7 Los Angeles, occurred shortly before 10 a.m. at the store on Mountain Avenue, where the man, whose identity has not been released, ran onto the eastbound lanes after crossing Evergreen Avenue and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The tragedy has fueled demands to halt ICE operations in Southern California, with activists and community members decrying the human cost of such raids, while the city of Monrovia clarifies it had no prior knowledge of the federal action.
According to Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik, the man was fleeing ICE activity at the Home Depot when he entered the 210 Freeway and was hit by a vehicle.
Feik’s statement, cited by ABC7, noted, “While we understand community members want to know more about the incident, the information provided in this update is all the city has to provide at this time,” emphasizing that Monrovia had no information about the ICE operation itself.
The United Farm Workers, in a Bluesky post, reported that ICE detained 13 workers during the raid, with agents allegedly chasing workers with vehicles, describing the operation as “chaotic” and the death as “senseless.”
The incident follows a pattern of ICE raids targeting Home Depot parking lots, where day laborers often gather.
A similar raid in San Fernando saw another laborer, Amilcar, injured while fleeing, as reported by The San Fernando Sun, and a Hollywood Home Depot raid in June 2025 resulted in 30 detentions, including a U.S. citizen.
Posts on X amplified the Monrovia tragedy, with @ABC7 noting, “A man was hit and killed on the 210 Freeway Thursday in Monrovia as he was fleeing from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation,” and @cwebbonline calling for better ICE training, stating, “This is the second known death” linked to such raids.
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Community and Official Reactions
The death has sparked significant backlash, with protests planned in Monrovia and nearby Covina, as noted by @SGvoices on Bluesky, which announced a vigil to honor the deceased and support his family.
State Rep. John Harabedian, quoted in an X post by @RedWave_Press, confirmed that 10 suspected undocumented immigrants were arrested during the operation, though ICE has denied actively chasing the man onto the freeway.
Critics, including @DrMahmood40 on X, mourned the loss, writing, “A man, who was just looking for work to provide for his family, was killed fleeing an ICE raid at Home Depot,” highlighting the human toll.
Activists, including the United Farm Workers, demanded an end to ICE raids, with @ufw.bsky.social stating, “This is enraging and heartbreaking,” and suggesting the operation may violate a federal judge’s order against race-based arrests in seven California counties, per @patrickdoran.bsky.social.
Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto Martinez, commenting on the Hollywood raid, called ICE’s actions “despicable,” reflecting broader community outrage.
The Monrovia incident is part of President Donald Trump’s intensified immigration crackdown, described by The New York Times as an “extreme expansion” of his first-term policies, involving mass detentions and sprawling camps.
Similar raids have disrupted communities, with a Camarillo agricultural raid leaving a man on life support, and a Whittier Home Depot raid detaining several workers, per ABC7.
The Hollywood raid saw U.S. citizen Job Garcia arrested while filming agents, who boasted about detaining 31 people.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued over unauthorized National Guard deployments linked to these operations and a federal judge’s July 2025 ruling limited ICE’s indiscriminate arrests, fueling legal challenges.
The fatal incident underscores the risks of ICE’s aggressive tactics, with critics arguing they endanger lives and erode community trust.
The United Farm Workers and others have called for ICE to leave Southern California.
As protests intensify, the incident could galvanize opposition to Trump’s deportation agenda, impacting local economies and community cohesion, as noted in a forum post on fftodayforums.com.
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