LOS ANGELES – These days, Alejandro Cabrera doesn’t do much work in his office. The manager of Touch and Glow Car Wash in Whittier instead stays outside, where his workers are, keeping his eyes peeled for approaching vehicles.
If he glimpses a white Ford F-150, the type of vehicle federal law enforcement agents often use, or a gray suburban – or any car with tinted windows – his heart begins to pound.
Cabrera has been on edge ever since June 9, when immigration agents raided the car wash and took three workers, although he said one was later released. His fears were only confirmed when agents returned five days later and snatched another worker…