Trump immigration raids
Digest more
The city of Omaha is trying to forge ahead following the raid's chilling effect on the local workforce and the community at large.
President Trump’s decision to pause most raids targeting farms and hospitality workers took many inside the White House by surprise. It came after intensive lobbying by his agriculture secretary.
A week of immigration sweeps across Southern California has left some communities terrified, with fewer people on the streets and signs of an economic slowdown.
The region is home to one of the nation’s largest and oldest Hispanic communities, which underpins the economy.
Los Angeles is home to the country’s largest population of undocumented immigrants. So when President Trump’s immigration raids arrived, many expected trouble.
Explore more
On Monday, there was a quiet hum of traffic passing on Colorado Boulevard outside the AC Hotel. A hotel employee, who declined to give his name, said it was quiet overnight with no additional protests outside the building. A lone flier that read “ICE out of LA” was placed on a third-floor balcony.
No Kings” protests, including several in Michigan cities, are scheduled across the country Saturday to coincide with Trump’s planned military parade in Washington, D.C.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are starting to more aggressively target agriculture and food processing facilities around the country as reports over the past week from (Nebraska), New Mexico and California also highlight.
Driving around in hopes of witnessing agents jumping out of trucks and detaining immigrants has become a grim pastime and form of protest for some Angelenos.
Federal agents have rounded up dozens of California farmworkers in large-scale raids at packinghouses and fields that farm bureaus say threaten businesses that supply much of the country’s food