Recent immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles led to over 722 arrests in ten days, creating distress for families and advocacy groups. Those affected struggle to determine the whereabouts of detainees, with reports of individuals being untraceable for 72 hours. Advocacy organizations like CLEAN Carwash Worker Center have expanded their focus to support families affected by these raids. They provide resources for locating detained family members and navigating legal services, reflecting the emotional burden on families, especially children, during this crisis.
CLEAN has focused on representing workers in the car wash industry for 18 years, but in the last three weeks the group has shifted to helping families find workers who were taken during a raid and guide them toward supportive and legal services.
When the children are asking if we are going to bring their parent back home and we have no way to even respond [with] where they are, it's heartbreaking,
In some cases it's been 72 hours where we have not been able to identify where their family member is and when we do sometimes they're in the Adelanto Detention Center.
A network of local rapid response hotlines has been established to document immigration enforcement activity and help connect those affected to legal services and other types of support.
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