A mom in Texas feels it’s no longer safe to walk her kids to school.

A grocery store in Virginia lost the butchers at its meat counter .

At a cherry orchard in Oregon, unpicked berries are rotting in the sun .

And at a mall in Georgia once packed with shoppers, a jewelry seller sighs on a recent summer afternoon as she surveys the desolate scene.

“It’s like one day everyone left in a puff of air,” Maria López says.

Daily life is changing in many communities across the US as President Donald Trump and his administration step up their immigration crackdowns. Officials vow they’ll carry out the largest deportation operation in American history, put more undocumented immigrants behind bars and eliminate abuse in the immigration system.

Just over seven months in, it’s too soon to say

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