Los Angeles
fromThe Nation
4 weeks agoLos Angeles Stands Up to MAGA
Trump's deployment of federal troops in LA has sparked significant protests against deportation policies and rallying support for immigrant rights.
"I sell out in 30 minutes - less than an hour, and I'm already gone," she says. A recent Instagram post says: "Crazy how I first started selling only 10 burritos a day to now selling up to 60 to 75 burritos a day."
Numerous reports of ICE raids are circulating, but many are false alarms. Incidents at various locations, including McDonald's and a tire shop, involved local police and not federal agents.
The San Francisco Unified School District is adopting an off-the-shelf ethnic studies curriculum, as the superintendent confirmed amidst controversies surrounding their homegrown program.
"We're very grateful for the county's investment to date, but I think we all know $700,000 is not enough to set up an infrastructure that covers an entire county."
But while I was comfortably ensconced in a happy bubble, the escalating conflict between demonstrators protesting against immigration raids and the Los Angeles Police Department cast a dark and soul-shaking pall that could not be ignored.
"You are witnesses to the crimes being committed against immigrants in L.A.," he said, asking them for straight-ahead, fearless expressions while he played guitar and sang beside them.
I don't want to be here. I'm scared. I watch every minute to see if ICE shows up and I'm ready to run.
The number of tankers dispatched in the same direction on a Sunday night is quite odd given 40,000 active duty personnel deployed at multiple bases in the Middle East and at least two naval destroyers in the vicinity.