Several people in Alameda County have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials during an apparent uptick in federal immigration enforcement activity over the past two weeks.

At least eight people in the county have been picked up off the street by ICE since Oct. 16, two of whom required hospitalization after being subjected to “the brutal use of force” by federal agents, according to information from the immigrant rights organization Alameda County Immigration Legal Education Partnership.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.