The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared a local, county emergency on Tuesday, Oct. 14, providing a way to help families harmed by federal immigration raids by granting the county more power to offer assistance to those who’ve lost breadwinners and to businesses harmed by a lack of workers and declining revenues.

The emergency declaration says the effects of ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids since June 6 have grown to the point where they cause undocumented residents to face “extreme peril” of being deported or losing their livelihood. It adds that the fallout of such raids places thousands of families, often including legal residents, in dire financial straits that could lead to food insecurity, isolation, mental distress and homelessness.

These conditions, a

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