United States: Organising to Resist Mass Immigrant Raids
Los Angeles County has declared a state of emergency due to ongoing immigration raids by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
According to reports, many Los Angeles neighborhoods, typically bustling with activity, are now empty and deserted. This scene is becoming increasingly common 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. Dozens of agents, often wearing ski masks and refusing to identify themselves, arrive in unmarked cars with rifles and bulletproof vests.
Undocumented workers are handcuffed, thrown into rented vans and whisked away.
Grassroots activists and communities are organizing to resist these raids. Author's summary: Immigrant communities resist raids.