Zoie Matthew, an organizer with the Koreatown local of the Los Angeles Tenants Union, does morning patrol and lookout at the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles on Sept. 11, 2025. With the recent nearby MacArthur Park immigration enforcement activity and raids at the Home Depot, Matthew said this area is a hot spot for ICE activity.
Clemen Avalos, a school psychologist at an elementary school in the San Fernando Valley, is seeing a lot more kids crying at school this year. They are used to seeing preschoolers or kindergarteners struggle to say goodbye to their parents during the first couple of days of school. But now, several weeks into the year, they have older kids coming to their office in tears.
One fifth-grader told Avalos she is scared and wants to go home. Her mom sells tamales on the street, she kept repeating.
Politics: Immigration Agents Detain Boy With Disabilities Outside LA School…