Opinion: As ICE raids the neighborhood, at least my family knows our rights
I knocked on the door at my parents’ home. My dad peeked out the window. Seeing it was me, he apologized. “Sorry, pero tengo que verificar quién es porque ya sabes cómo están las cosas.” (Sorry, but I have to verify who’s knocking because, well, you know how things are.)
Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from LA protest duty and return them...
The top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles asked the defense secretary if 200 of those forces could be returned to wildfire fighting duty.
More California July 4th events canceled due to immigration raids
More Southern California communities have canceled or postponed their 4th of July celebrations due to federal immigration raids occurring across the region.
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