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Churches in Los Angeles put contingency plans in place after the Trump administration rescinds long-standing guidance advising immigration agents to avoid houses of worship.
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Community organizers across Los Angeles remain active in their fight to protect undocumented community members.
The city of Los Angeles and other Southern California municipalities are joining a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests.
San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas lifted the obligation for members of the diocese to celebrate Mass if they had a “genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.”
California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez claimed that immigration officers were not targeting MS-13 members or criminals during a recent ICE raid in Los Angeles.
Trump’s crackdown on immigrants hits California’s economy, where one-third of workers and nearly half of entrepreneurs are foreign-born.
The raids can depress local economies as people stay home and stop spending money, research shows. So far, they aren’t known to free up jobs for citizens.
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A day after federal officers and National Guard troops descended on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, immigrant residents of the surrounding neighborhood were coming to grips with the operation