ICE, California and immigration raids
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Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country’s food, farm bureaus say.
The protest comes before leaders vote on whether or not to pass a budget that is expected to lock new undocumented immigrants out of Medi-Cal.
The White House confirmed Wednesday that 330 immigrants had been detained by ICE in five days, as a result of raids spanning businesses across Southern California: two Home Depot stores, a doughnut shop, a car wash and agricultural fields along the Central Coast and in the San Joaquin Valley.
At one middle school ceremony, the principal announced he had families stationed outside to alert if him if ICE showed up.
From activists praying on the frontlines to pastors on the pulpit, many say the immigrant-heavy faith community is in need of hope — and churches are meant to be that refuge.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly been active in the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley, particularly in agricultural areas with farm fields and packinghouses, like Tulare, Fresno and Ventura counties.
The city acknowledged that the change could make it more difficult for some families to visit detained loved ones.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for parts of downtown as anti-ICE demonstrations continued for a fifth consecutive day, some of which have turned violent between protesters and law enforcement.