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How Immigrant Communities are Bracing for ICE Expansion

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Federal agents guard outside of a federal building and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in downtown Los Angeles as demonstrations continue after a series of immigration raids began last Friday, June 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard and the Marines against the wishes of city leaders. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

President Trump’s massive domestic policy bill allocates an unprecedented amount of money to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s budget, significantly expanding their ability to carry out Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda.

Already, weeks of intensified raids by federal immigration agents have generated fear and panic among many immigrant communities in California. Scott is joined by the Los Angeles Times immigration reporter Rachel Uranga to discuss the legal status of the raids and their impact on workers, their families and their employers.

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