The article discusses the intense standoff in Los Angeles surrounding the Trump administration's immigration policies, focusing on the proposed mass deportation of millions of unauthorized immigrants. Tom Homan, the president's border czar, emphasized that those illegally in the country are not exempt from enforcement actions. Despite past congressional failures to create pathways to citizenship, there is a growing consensus among various political factions supporting strict measures, including a target of 3,000 immigration arrests per day, which could have significant implications for communities and businesses reliant on immigrant labor.
"I said it from Day 1: If you're in the country illegally, you're not off the table," Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, told the N.Y. Times. "So, we're opening that aperture up."
An estimated 14 million unauthorized immigrants live here - many of them working and paying taxes. They often fill jobs other Americans won't do - hotels, construction sites, landscaping and child care.
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