The ongoing deportation sweeps that first rocked Orange County this summer are not stopping efforts to feed the county’s most vulnerable residents with local nonprofits warning that the dual impact of expected federal funding cuts will worsen the region’s food insecurity cliff.

The sweeps are leaving many undocumented families scared to go to work or grocery shopping and risk being separated from their loved ones as hunger continues to affect seniors, children and working class families.

The need for free food in OC that skyrocketed amid government-mandated shutdowns and layoffs years ago due to a global pandemic has remained high, kept elevated by expensive inflation costs and an abrupt loss of public COVID-19 food assistance benefits.

Amid the elevated demand, Orange County’s network

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