Los Angeles County may declare a state of emergency in response to federal immigration raids.

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to have the County Counsel's Office draft a state of emergency declaration regarding the economic impact of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.

Those impacts include the "arrests of breadwinners during raids that have left families unable to pay rent, buy food and clothing for their children," as well as the resultant effects of "causing many to stay home and not report to work due to fear," the Daily News added.

The 4-1 vote was only opposed by Board Chair Kathryn Barger, who suggested the county could face legal challenges to the emergency declaration.

Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Janice Hahn, however,

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