"Since President Trump unleashed his deportation deluge on Los Angeles in June, the 45-year-old has chronicled nearly every immigration enforcement action in the region in three-minute "Daily Memo" videos for the online publication. He and his colleagues track down film footage and photos, reach out to officials to verify what they've found and hammer out a script for Torres to narrate."
"The audio that played from Torres' double-screen computer and smart phone as he reviewed the evidence on the day I visited contained snippets of the Southland's sad soundtrack under what he continually calls the "siege" of ICE. Men pleading to la migra to stop hurting them. Activists cursing out agents. Whistles, screams, honks and sirens. Sobbing family members. "If I wanted to cry, I don't think that I could," Torres said when I asked how he coped with seeing such videos ad nauseum."
Memo Torres produces three-minute Daily Memo videos that chronicle immigration enforcement actions across Los Angeles. He and colleagues gather footage and photos, contact officials to verify incidents, and develop scripts for narration. The videos capture intense, traumatic moments: men pleading with agents, activists confronting officers, whistles and sirens, and sobbing family members. Torres describes a rapid escalation in enforcement frequency and severity, with numbers of apprehensions rising dramatically. The work exacts an emotional cost; Torres reports exhaustion, blurred eyes from long screen hours, and difficulty processing the repeated exposure to traumatic material while continuing to publish daily.
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