Lawyer tackled to ground by feds after Santa Barbara police provide ‘safe place’ for anti-ICE mob Lawyer tackled to ground by feds after Santa Barbara police provide ‘safe place’ for anti-ICE mob February 23, 2026 A Santa Barbara attorney was pepper-sprayed and tackled by federal ICE agents during a confrontation outside the County Probation Department. The incident followed the arrest of a local man near ICE vehicles in downtown Santa Barbara.