ICE raided their city, taking parents, spouses and friends. That’s not where it ends

Three families in Los Angeles on the devastating aftermath of ICE detentions and deportations that overwhelmed their city last summer Last summer, Angelenos began to vanish. Armed, masked immigration agents plucked people off street corners and out of their workplaces, in parking lots and department stores. Partners and primary breadwinners, grandparents and children, carwasheros and coffee shop regulars were arrested, detained and deported – disappearing from their neighborhoods. Continue reading...

Maanvi Singh in Los Angeles · Wed, Jul 8, 2026, 5:00 AM
California | The Guardian

ICE raided their city, taking parents, spouses and friends. That’s not where it ends

Three families in Los Angeles on the devastating aftermath of ICE detentions and deportations that overwhelmed their city last summer

Last summer, Angelenos began to vanish.

Armed, masked immigration agents plucked people off street corners and out of their workplaces, in parking lots and department stores. Partners and primary breadwinners, grandparents and children, carwasheros and coffee shop regulars were arrested, detained and deported – disappearing from their neighborhoods.

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