anti-ICE, Los Angeles
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Federal immigration raids across LA are sparking fear and protests, but immigrant laborers are still turning up, hoping for work.
Alarm spread through California agricultural centers Tuesday as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities were showing up at farm fields and packing houses from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley.
A major Los Angeles suburb revoked its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to public backlash to federal agents seeking to carry out the Trump administration’s deportation agenda by detaining illegal immigrants.
The city acknowledged that the change could make it more difficult for some families to visit detained loved ones.