Just one day after taking office, President Trump signed an executive order authorizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to resume raids in sensitive locations, including schools and churches. Immigrant rights groups and education advocates immediately sounded the alarm, warning that these policies would have far-reaching consequences, especially for the most vulnerable.
Now, months later, their warnings have come to pass.
On June 6, ICE launched military-style raids in California, days after federal authorities deployed the National Guard and hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles, a self-declared sanctuary city.
Pew Research Center data shows that 1 in 10 Black Americans is an immigrant. And while much of the public debate has focused on immigration policy writ large, advocates s