How many Central Coast residents did ICE detain?

WE START THIS EVENING WITH
I.C.E. RAIDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
COAST.
ALL AS PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY
DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS PROMISE TO
CRACK DOWN ON DANGEROUS GANGS
AND THE SANCTUARY CITIES THAT
PROTECT THEM.
PRES. TRUMP: WE ARE PROTECTING
OUR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND
CITIES BY REMOVING THE GANG
MEMBERS.
MS13.
WE'RE SPREADING THEM OUT, THE
DRUG DEALERS AND CRIMINALS FROM
OUR COUNTRY, AND CRACKING DOWN
ON THE SANCTUARY CITIES THAT
PROTECT THEM.
DAN: AS HE WAS SPEAKING, I.C.E.
AGENTS WERE SPREADING OUT ON THE
CENTRAL COAST.
THE RAIDS BEGAN IN KING CITY ON
MONDAY, SOLEDAD AND SANTA CRUZ
YESTERDAY.
AND THIS MORNING, IN
WATSONVILLE, THERE HAVE ALSO
BEEN IMMIGRATION DETENTIONS IN
SALINAS.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON
THE RAIDS, THE ARRESTS, AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S
RESPONSE.
CAITLIN CONRAD HAS BEEN TRACKING
THIS STORY FROM SOUTH MONTEREY
COUNTY.
CAITLIN: DAN, I SPOKE WITH THE
POLICE CHIEFS IN KING CITY AND
SOLEDAD ABOUT THE RAIDS.
NEITHER DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED,
AND BOTH SAY THEY ONLY KNOW
ABOUT THE INCIDENTS BECAUSE
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT NOTIFIED THEM AS A
COURTESY.
KING CITY POLICE CHIEF ROBERT
MASTERSON SAYS THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE 11
MONTHS AGO THAT IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT HAVE DONE
RAIDS IN HIS COMMUNITY.
>> IT IS NOT A CONCERN.
I.C.E. HAS BEEN CONDUCTING
OPERATIONS LIKE THIS FOR AS LONG
AS I CAN RECALL. CAITLIN:
MASTERSON SAID I.C.E. AGENTS
TOLD HIM NINE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY MONDAY MORNING.
HE SAID THE ARRESTS INVOLVED
CRIMINAL NON-RESIDENT ALIENS.
>> IT MEANS BASICALLY THAT THEY
ARE HERE IN THE COUNTRY
ILLEGALLY, AND THEY HAVE
COMMITTED A CRIMINAL ACT AND
BEEN CONVICTED OF IT.
CAITLIN: IN SOLEDAD, THE CHIEF
WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ARRESTS
MADE AFTER I.C.E. CONDUCTED
OPERATIONS ON WEDNESDAY, BUT HE
SAID HE IS OK WITH FEDERAL
AGENTS TAKING CRIMINALS INTO
CUSTODY IN HIS JURISDICTION.
>> TO ME, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
IT IS PROBATION, PAROLE, I.C.E.,
FBI, ANYBODY.
IF I HAVE A CRIMINAL LIVING IN
THE CITY, PEOPLE THAT ARE
BREAKING THE LAW, WHETHER THEY
ARE DOCUMENTED OR NOT, IT'S
IMPOTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER
TO PUT THESE PEOPLE BEHIND BARS,
AT LEAST BRING THEM TO JUSTICE
-- DAY IN COURT.
CAITLIN: IN MARCH, THE CITY OF
SOLEDAD PASSED A RESOLUTION TO
BECOME A SANCTUARY CITY TO MAKE
IT CLEAR THAT ITS RESOURCES WILL
NOT BE USED TO ASSIST FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION EFFORTS.
>> I KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AS A
SYMBOLIC GESTURE MORE THAN
ANYTHING.
IT HASN'T CHANGED THE WAY WE DO
BUSINESS AT ALL.
CAITLIN: BOTH CHIEFS WORRY THE
RAIDS COULD IGNITE FEAR IN THEIR
TOWNS AMONG IMMIGRANTS, BUT THEY
WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I.C.E.
AGENTS WERE AFTER SPECIFIC
PEOPLE.
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD SPECIFICALLY
THAT, WHEN THEY COME INTO A CITY
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TARGETED
PEOPLE, UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, OF
COURSE, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BROKEN THE LAW
THESE ARE CRIMINALS, AND THEY
ARE NOT JUST GOING TO HOMES
DOING RAIDS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO IS DOCUMENTED WHO IS NOT.
CAITLIN: THE ADDRESSES OF THE
RAIDS AND THE NAMES OF THOSE
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ARE STILL
UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO I.C.E.
AGENTS ABOUT THE TARGETED
OPERATIONS ON THE CENTRAL COAST,
WE RECEIVED A GENERAL STATEMENT
TELLING US I.C.E. DEPORTATION
OFFICERS CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS EVERY DAY AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
DAN.
DAN: I.C.E.'S PRESENCE ALS
BEING FELT IN NEIGHBORING
COMMUNITIES.
THERE WERE RAIDS IN WATSONVILLE
THIS MORNING AND LAST NIGHT IN
SANTA CRUZ.
ACTION NEWS REPORTER SIERRA
STARKS CONTINUES OUR TEAM
COVERAGE FROM THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IN LIVE OAK.
SIERRA: WE'RE TOLD THOSE I.C.E.
RAIDS BEGAN IN SANTA CRUZ
YESTERDAY.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THEY
WERE GIVEN A HEADS UP, BUT
BASICALLY NO MORE INFORMATIO
THAN THAT I.C.E. AGENTS WOULD BE
COMING.
TODAY, SERGEANT CHRIS CLARK TOLD
US "OUR OFFICE HAS VERY LITTLE
INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO WHAT
I.C.E. IS DOING HERE AND WHY."
BUT CLARK DID STRESS THAT SANTA
CRUZ IS A SANCTUARY CITY. AND HE
DOESNT WANT I.C.E.'S PRESENCE
HERE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT
THAT THEIR GOAL IS FOR PEOPLE TO
FEEL SAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND
SAFE ENOUGH TO REPORT CRIME.
>> WE DON'T ENFORCE IMMIGRATION
LAWS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN THE CRIMES
HAPPEN, AND WE WANT TO
INVESTIGATE CRIMES, AND WE WANT
PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TO
BRING US THAT INFORMATION
WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO CHECK INTO
THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND
WE'RE NOT GOING TO.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.
SIERRA: A LITTLE SOUTH OF HERE,
IN WATSONVILLE, WE'RE TOLD
I.C.E. RAIDS BEGAN THERE THIS
MORNING.
I.C.E. AGENTS TOLD WATSONVILLE
POLICE THEY WILL CONTINUE
DETAINING MORE PEOPLE IN
WATSONVILLE OVER THE NEXT TWO
DAYS.
THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY.

How many Central Coast residents did ICE detain?

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