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Trump’s crackdown on immigrants hits California’s economy, where one-third of workers and nearly half of entrepreneurs are foreign-born.
Los Angeles County residents can support local and regional organizations that are directly supporting families who were affected by recent ICE raids and immigrant communities in need.
Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.
A federal appeals court will decide Tuesday whether California can block President Donald Trump from taking over the National Guard.
The Trump administration has paused immigration raids targeting farm and hotel workers, but the president has called for more ICE raids in cities.
On Monday, there was a quiet hum of traffic passing on Colorado Boulevard outside the AC Hotel. A hotel employee, who declined to give his name, said it was quiet overnight with no additional protests outside the building. A lone flier that read “ICE out of LA” was placed on a third-floor balcony.
Los Angeles is home to the country’s largest population of undocumented immigrants. So when President Trump’s immigration raids arrived, many expected trouble.