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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a couple’s home in Irvine, California, last week as part of an investigation into posters that allegedly revealed personal information of federal officers that appeared in Los Angeles months earlier.
The agents, along with Secret Service personnel, executed the search warrant at the residence of Annie Yang and Yuzong Chang at around 6 a.m. on May 1. The couple said they were awakened by the officials’ bullhorn. “They announced on the speaker, ‘People who reside in this house, please come out with your hands up,’” the couple told NBC Los Angeles. The agents reportedly confiscated their router and a hard drive containing family photos.
Alleged doxxing
The investigation aims to identify whoever distributed materials containing personal information about ICE and enforcement removal officers in various Los Angeles locations earlier this year. At the center of the probe is the couple’s 29-year-old son, Michael Chang, who relocated to New York about a month prior to the search. Authorities reportedly traced an IP address associated with a February doxxing incident back to the couple’s residence.
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Public records indicate Michael has previous involvement with activism. Last September, he was among 10 people charged by the Orange County District Attorney with failing to disperse following a May pro-Palestinian demonstration at UC Irvine that authorities declared an unlawful assembly. According to his parents, those charges were subsequently dismissed after he fulfilled community service requirements.
“No clue”
The couple expressed shock at the early-morning raid of their home. “I feel like I was in a movie set or something. It was so unreal,” Yang told ABC 7 Los Angeles. She maintained they had “no clue” about any potential involvement their son might have had with the posters.
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ICE confirmed that it had executed a federal search warrant as part of an ongoing criminal investigation but declined to provide further information. Michael, for his part, is reportedly seeking legal advice for the latest allegations he faces.
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