Long Beach Transit has issued an apology — and promised to revamp its policies — after community members discovered recruitment advertisements for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on their buses.

The city’s transportation agency, which serves more than 18 million people in both Southeast Los Angeles County and northwest Orange County each year, according to its website, posted a statement addressing the situation to its Instagram page on Saturday, Dec. 6, after a photo of an ICE recruitment advertisement on an LBT bus gained traction online.

The advertisement, originally uploaded by a rider on the bus on Saturday and reposted on the account of stopice.net, featured an ICE agent with the slogan “Defend the homeland, join ICE today.” Shortly after the photo made its rounds online,

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