It was only 8 a.m. and the 500 tamales that Christopher Luna Garcia had hoped to sell were down to just a few dozen.
About 17 hungry people lined up at the food cart near Villa Parke in Pasadena, where an immigration sweep had taken place nearly two weeks ago on June 21.
Steam flowed from the cart and the scent of masa drifted through the air as Chris, 14, reached down to pull out tamales…