Escalating ICE Raids Push Thousands of Latino Families in Los Angeles to the Brink of Eviction
Emergency relief covers just 10 percent of monthly rents following intensified ICE enforcement at informal worksites
Overview
- Since June, ICE has arrested more than 2,200 undocumented workers in raids targeting car washes, hardware stores and other informal employers
- Detentions have stripped households of their primary incomes, forcing families like those of Martha and María to face imminent eviction
- Centro CLEAN has provided over $30,000 in emergency rent aid but warns that funding levels are unsustainable
- City-backed philanthropic programs currently cover only about one in ten dollars of monthly rent for affected tenants
- Los Angeles records more than 72,000 people experiencing homelessness, with immigrant communities disproportionately affected