A Mendota mechanic and grandfather was arrested and detained by ICE agents in downtown Fresno on Monday while he was picking up auto parts, his family said. He has since been transferred to a detention facility in McFarland, an incident that is raising questions about ICE detainments in Kern County.The man’s name has not been publicly released. His granddaughter, Jade Torres, said her grandfather has lived in Mendota for years and owned a mechanic shop. She said he was allegedly picking up auto parts for a car he was working on when ICE agents detained him and held him in downtown Fresno.“They were saying that they might not even keep him here, that he might be transferred in California or not even in California at all, like maybe in Texas or [further] away,” Torres said.Immigration attorney Rozanna Gasparian, who is not involved in the case, said similar arrests have become increasingly common.“Unfortunately, I have had multiple clients of my own that have literally been at the gas station pumping gas and they were approached and were detained," Gasparian said. "So, it’s unfortunately become very common and something that we’re seeing much more nowadays."The man was transferred to a facility in McFarland; the city has two ICE detention facilities: Golden State Annex and Central Valley Annex. Of the eight ICE detention facilities in California, four are in Kern County.Gasparian said Kern County has become a hub for ICE detention, with people being transferred there from across the country.“Probably in the past two or three months, I have received a huge amount of calls of individuals that are being transferred to those facilities from all over the country," Gasparian said, "They’re coming from Oklahoma, Massachusetts [and] the East Coast." Gasparian also said taxpayers pay the costs associated with detention.“Taxpayers, that’s exactly who picks up the tab. We are the ones paying for these individuals to be housed," Gasparian said. "It is unfortunate, because in a lot of these facilities, that’s how they’re making money." According to a report from the Government Accountability Office, ICE used millions of taxpayer dollars to expand detention capacity.The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said it is not involved in ICE deportations.