More than 80 immigration raids have been conducted at car washes throughout Southern California in recent weeks, with approximately 250 workers detained, a coalition of carwash workers and their families announced Thursday. Car wash operators had best be ready for more, they added.

On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court defending the use of “roving patrols” for such actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, members of the CLEAN Carwash Worker Center assembled Thursday, Sept. 11, to voice concerns and rally support at the La Cienega Car Wash.

The West L.A. business, in operation for more than 50 years, has been closed since an immigration raid occurred on the site on Aug. 21. Other frequent targets for increased immigration enforcement, part of President Trump’s have inclu

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