US Edition‘I’m scared to death to leave my house’: ICE raids freeze businesses and fracture families
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids targeting businesses in South and East Los Angeles in the weeks before June 18, 2025.
- These raids followed a shift in enforcement strategy to focus on immigrant workers without criminal records who are integral to the economy.
- The operations caused mass protests, emptied shopping areas, and led to widespread fear, severely affecting local businesses and workers.
- Shop owner Alexa Vargas reported a 30% decline in sales at her Santa Ana store after the June 10 sweeps and said ICE detained her husband’s nephew early that week.
- Although the raids officially ended before June 18, experts predict ongoing economic harm and increased caution among immigrant employees and day laborers.
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‘I’m scared to death to leave my house’: ICE raids freeze businesses and fracture families
By Cindy Carcamo, Dianne Solis & Alfredo Corchado | Edited by Dudley AlthausSANTA ANA, Calif. — At Hector’s Mariscos restaurant in this heavily Latino and immigrant city, sales of Mexican seafood have plummeted. Seven tables would normally be full, but diners sit at only two this Tuesday afternoon.
ICE raids empty South L.A. businesses as fear drives customers away: The Hutchinson Repo – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
On June 18, I stood in the parking lot of a popular swap meet and shopper’s mall in South L.A. Normally, the parking lot would be packed with cars, shoppers and employees coming and going in a steady stream through the multiple entrances. That wasn’t the case this day. The parking lot was almost empty. While I was there, I saw almost no customers, let alone employees, coming and going. The reason was obvious. Fear. The overwhelming majority of…
“Send me a message when you’re getting close,” the lady I’m buying two coolers from writes to me. I’d pay $250 for them in the store, but she’s selling them together for thirty. I call her to tell her I’m there. “Cinco minutos,” she tells me in Spanish that she’ll be there in five minutes. A petite woman of about sixty arrives, and with her […]
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