ICE raids forever changed the work of these gun violence prevention workers: ‘The panic is still there’

Gun violence-prevention programs are another casualty of Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown Last June, hundreds of federal agents descended on Los Angeles in the first major immigration enforcement operation of the second Trump administration. Immigrants were swept up at Home Depots and car washes, in front of food stands and at garment factories. In some Latino and immigrant communities, residents were afraid to go to work; kids stayed home from school and petrified families had friends and neighbors make their grocery runs, too scared to go outside themselves. Continue reading...

Ricky Rodas in Los Angeles · Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 4:30 AM
California | The Guardian

ICE raids forever changed the work of these gun violence prevention workers: ‘The panic is still there’

Gun violence-prevention programs are another casualty of Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown

Last June, hundreds of federal agents descended on Los Angeles in the first major immigration enforcement operation of the second Trump administration. Immigrants were swept up at Home Depots and car washes, in front of food stands and at garment factories.

In some Latino and immigrant communities, residents were afraid to go to work; kids stayed home from school and petrified families had friends and neighbors make their grocery runs, too scared to go outside themselves.

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