I-TEAM: Fair For All? The effects of ICE fears on the Riverside County Fair

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Riverside County Fair and Date Festival is officially underway in Indio — but for some Coachella Valley families, celebration is colliding with concern.

As tens of thousands are expected to attend the annual event, recent immigration enforcement activity across the valley is causing some residents to think twice about going.

“I’m not sure if I’m going to go,” one local woman told News Channel 3, saying she has personally witnessed ICE activity in the area — and was even stopped herself despite being a U.S. citizen…

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