Immigrant advocates prepare for now-delayed ICE sweeps: 'The effect is terror. We're getting call after call'
by Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times
Jun 22, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Emilio Amaya, a longtime immigrant advocate in the Inland Empire in California, spent much of the day Friday taking calls from a frightened community.
Some people had called the San Bernardino Community Service Center because of rumors, which turned out to be unfounded, that immigration raids were underway in their neighborhoods. Others shared that they had bought food and other basics so that they would not have to leave their homes next week. Still others
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