The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will temporarily halt its enforcement of street vendors without permits due to concerns over recent federal immigration operations in the L.A. region, officials announced Wednesday.
Street vendors have been among the thousands of immigrants who have been detained by armed and masked federal agents in raids across the L.A. region this summer.
In the statement, the Public Health department noted that it has historically responded to complaints of unpermitted sidewalk food vending, but that enforcement activities will be paused “in the areas within its jurisdiction due to safety concerns for our staff arising out of federal immigration enforcement actions.”…