Overview

• Restaurants, shops and public transit use have plummeted in Los Angeles County as undocumented workers stay home to evade ICE’s armed, masked interior operations.
• Of the roughly 59,000 immigrants in ICE custody, more than 70 percent were arrested away from the border and 47 percent have no criminal convictions, rising to 69 percent in Southern California.
• On July 2, the ACLU of Southern California sued, alleging ICE’s unannounced, masked raids constitute systematic racial profiling of people with brown skin.
• Detainees describe overcrowded cells, delayed showers and withheld medication, and ICE custody has seen 10 deaths—including two by suicide—since January plus two more in late June.
• In May, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ended Temporary Protected Status for about 11,000 Afghans, intensifying concerns over expanded interior enforcement and due process.