The transit agency estimated a ridership count of roughly 23.7 million last month on its bus and rail systems — a 13.5% drop from May and the lowest June on record since 2022, when numbers had started to rebound since the pandemic emergency, according to Metro data. The large immigration sweeps began June 6.

The vice mayor of Cudahy is apologizing for a video she posted to social media last month apparently encouraging gang members to organize amid immigration raids in Southern California. This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on July 16,

Flor, a Mexican migrant, picks strawberries in the agricultural town of Oxnard, but immigration roundups in recent weeks have infused the farmworker community in the strawberry capital of California with stress and fear.

A Gallup poll shows that fewer Americans than in June 2024 back strict border enforcement measures, and more now favor offering undocumented immigrants pathways to citizenship.

“Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement Tuesday. “As such, the Secretary has ordered the release of 2,000 California National Guardsmen (79th IBCT) from the federal protection mission.”

Authorities executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said.

MLBPA chief Tony Clark, asked about the raids amid the context of a significant Latino player base, said the union has retained immigration lawyers.

During an immigration raid on Thursday, a worker fell from a greenhouse at a cannabis farm. A farmworkers union had initially said the worker died on Friday, but a lawyer for the family said the death occurred Saturday afternoon.

The death of a Mexican farmworker during a raid by federal officers at a California cannabis farm has sparked an outcry over ICE tactics.

The articles on immigration and ICE raids in Raleigh, North Carolina, reveal widespread concern and action regarding immigration enforcement and the role of ICE. They highlight recent legal changes, increased ICE actions, and community reactions. A common theme is the tension between state and federal responsibilities in immigration enforcement.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called President Trump a 'son of a b----' over immigration raids, and he criticized the administration's approach as "weakness masquerading as strength."