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🌱 How a Disneyland trip ended in detention at Adelanto ICE center

Adelanto, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Adelanto! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Disneyland trip ended in detention at Adelanto ICE center
  • Why faith leaders are marching nearly 100 miles from Adelanto
  • Rights group questions ICE detention of asylum seeker in Adelanto

Also on today's calendar: Slaughter House Barber Battle.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Very hot; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 97 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Breezy and very hot, temps: high: 97, low: 59.
  • Monday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 93 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A Delco nurse has lived legally in the U.S. since childhood. ICE arrested her as she took her 3-year-old son to Disneyland. (inquirer.com) — A woman recently detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center describes being arrested at LAX despite long‑standing permission to live and work in the U.S., then ordered released after 15 days. Her case highlights how Adelanto is being used to hold immigrants with prior protection from deportation, and raises concerns about how aggressively federal authorities are now pursuing removals.
   

• Faith Leaders Embark on an Eight-Day Pilgrimage to Protest ICE Detentions (capitalandmain.com) — Faith leaders and activists have launched an eight‑day, 96‑mile pilgrimage from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to downtown Los Angeles, protesting detention conditions and federal immigration policies. Organizers describe reports of poor food, water, and temperatures inside Adelanto and are using the journey to call for more humane treatment of immigrants and new state limits on private detention centers, including Adelanto.
   

• US ICE Detains Son of Slain Philippine Journalist (hrw.org) — A Filipino asylum seeker is currently being held at an ICE detention facility in Adelanto after seeking refuge in the U.S. following threats linked to his journalist father’s killing. Human rights advocates argue his detention may be arbitrary and urge U.S. authorities to justify holding him or release him while his asylum claim is fairly reviewed, underscoring Adelanto’s role in such cases.
   

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  • Woodard & Curran, Inc. posted a job opening for Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution Operator in Adelanto. Apply here.
  • Adelanto Elementary School District posted a job opening for Middle School English Teacher - 2026/2027 School Year in Adelanto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Adelanto here.

🗞 Nearby News

Victorville

  • Victorville to Host Free Mental Health Resource Fair With Mobile CARE Court Services on Oct. 9 (vvng.com)
  • CONFIRE EMS Replaces AMR As New Ambulance System Launches In San Bernardino County (vvng.com)
  • Authorities Remove Estimated 85,632 Pounds Of Processed Cannabis From Vacant El Mirage Parcel (vvng.com)

Phelan

  • Things To Do This Weekend: October 2nd-4th, 2026 - Tri-Community NewsPlus (4newsplus.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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