Los Angeles County has voted to declare a state of emergency in response to ongoing immigration raids by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Grassroots activists and communities are organizing to respond to the crisis. In many Los Angeles neighborhoods, streets are now empty and deserted, a common scene in immigrant communities across the United States.
The cause of this desertion is the dramatic increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids under the Donald Trump administration. Raids involve dozens of agents arriving in unmarked cars with rifles and bulletproof vests.
Undocumented workers are being handcuffed, thrown into rented vans, and taken away.
Behind this desertion is the Donald Trump administration’s dramatic increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
Author's summary: Mass immigrant raids spark resistance in the US.