Homeland Security raids Zipps locations in Phoenix area criminal probe

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Arizona Republic

Immigration
Homeland Security raids Zipps locations in Phoenix area criminal probe

Ronald J. Hansen, Daniel Gonzalez, Jose R. Gonzalez, Rey Covarrubias Jr. Richard Ruelas Arizona Republic
Updated Jan. 26, 2026, 10:41 p.m. MT

Federal authorities entered multiple Zipps Sports Grill locations in metro Phoenix on Jan. 26 as part of a still-evolving investigation by the Department of Homeland Security. ... Federal search warrants were being served at 15 locations, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona.

Zipps locations across the region appeared to be shut down. Closed restaurants included one at Park Central Mall and others at 32nd Street and Shea Boulevard, 16th Street and Bethany Home Road and 48th Street and Warner Road in Phoenix and at Camelback and Miller roads in Scottsdale. The Mill Avenue location in Tempe was also shut down, with its patio surrounded by police tape.

Workers were led out of a closed Zipps Sports Grill at 59th and Utopia avenues in Glendale by federal agents. ... Authorities appeared to leave the Park Central location with boxes of documents at about 5:40 p.m. Within 20 minutes, however, a second wave of masked law enforcement in camouflage uniforms arrived.

A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Phoenix was not immediately available for comment about the matter.

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Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2026/01/26/homeland-security-raids-zipps-locations-in-arizona/88370794007/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. They're not doing this because they're drunk or stoned. They're doing this to prove that they can.

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Zach Buchanan
‪@zhbuchanan.bsky.social‬

I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.

It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.

Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.

1:07 AM · Jan 27, 2026

I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.

It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.

Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.

— Zach Buchanan (@zhbuchanan.bsky.social) 2026-01-27T06:07:06.907Z

United We Stand. Divided We Fall.
‪@flcog1rl.bsky.social‬

We’re entering the last phase with this type of audacity on display.


1:59 AM · Jan 27, 2026

We’re entering the last phase with this type of audacity on display.

— United We Stand. Divided We Fall. (@flcog1rl.bsky.social) 2026-01-27T06:59:49.079Z

[AZJonnie]

2. My guess is the owner of the company probably spouted some anti-Trump ideas on the internet using his real name

And this was the result.

[multigraincracker]

3. Defund DHS. Money spent on closing sport bars for exercising their First Amendment Rights.

[marble falls]

4. There are all sorts of unlocked versions of this story, here are just some ...

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-zipps-sports-grill-locations-raided-by-federal-agents-40640104/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/homeland-security-searches-15-phoenix-area-locations-tied-to-zipps-chain/ar-AA1V2vDY

https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2026-01-26/zipps-sports-grill-raided-as-federal-authorities-serve-search-warrants-across-metro-phoenix

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/us/news/zipps-sports-grill-locations-raided-across-phoenix-area-homeland-security-investigations-issues-15-warrants-halts-operations-asks-customers-to-leave-heres-what-happened-next/articleshow/127616825.cms

[in2herbs]

5. There is very little, if any, aircraft noise where I live in AZ. But, in the last couple of months the sightings and

noise of military aircraft have become almost routine - 24-hours/day, so it is not a shock that DHS has now moved to the western coast now that they've assaulted the eastern coast. AZ may be turning purple but red is still the predominant color.