Mayor Karen Bass talks with Anthony Samad, executive director of the Mervyn Dymally African-American and Political and Economic Institute at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Sept. 12 during radio station KJLH’s Men’s Empowerment Conference.

Courtesy photo

By Ray Richardson

Contributing Writer

CARSON — As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue executing raids in Los Angeles, with the legal blessing of a recent Supreme Court ruling, Mayor Karen Bass is expressing more concerns about how the ICE operations are affecting the city’s image, businesses and tourism.

Under the direction of the Trump administration, ICE agents have been searching for suspected undocumented immigrants since June — with no apparent evidence of an end date for the operations.

“We know the impact that

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