Posted on 06/26/2025 11:34:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON — An undocumented man from Guatemala who has leukemia postponed chemotherapy because he was afraid to go to the hospital.
A Mexican grandmother packed most of her belongings into boxes, in case she is deported.
A Pentecostal church in East Los Angeles has lost nearly half of its in-person membership.
Across California and the U.S., immigrants are responding to the Trump administration’s unrelenting enforcement raids by going into lockdown. Activities that were once a regular or even mundane part of life — taking kids to school, buying groceries, driving — have become daunting as immigrants who lack legal authorization grapple with how to avoid arrest and deportation.
To stay safe, some immigrants have swapped in-person activities with digital approximations. Others are simply shutting themselves away from society.
“It’s a harmful form of racial profiling combined with the suspension of constitutional rights and due process. That’s why many families are staying at home,” said Victor Narro, a professor and project director for the UCLA Labor Center.
Pastor Carlos Rincon, who leads a Pentecostal church in East Los Angeles, said that about 400 people used to attend his church every week, people with roots in Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras. Now, half as many attend and viewership of live-streamed services on Facebook and YouTube has increased. Some prayer groups meet on Zoom.
In January, the Trump administration said immigration agents were free to make arrests in sensitive locations once considered off limits, such as hospitals, schools and churches.
At Rincon’s church — which he asked not be named for concern about retaliation — fear has colored life in ways large and small.
A congregant in his late 20s who has leukemia postponed his chemotherapy, afraid he could be caught and deported to Guatemala. After he decided to reschedule...
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Fixed it.
No matter how much you hate gaslight presstitutes, you don't hate them enough.
The LA Times should shove their violins.
The LA Slimes has been publishing one illegal immigrant sob story after another. The paper is an absolute disgrace, an apologist and protector of the corrupt Democrat Party that has ruined California.
My goodness...I can hardly hold back the tears!
i wish all of these people the best of luck....
...in their home countries
AMF!
give self deportation a chance
I recall going to get admitted to the hospital for my leukemia treatments… driving into the city during the violent protests. Armed police with long guns protected the hospital from thugs. Nobody gave too craps nor did the msm interview me about it.
If they were Americans they would know : Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
They’re free to go back to their countries of origin and live in safety.
The Mother of All Illegal Alien Sob Stories
They can all achieve “safety” by simply moving home
Deport yourself, Abuela. Turn and face south, then start walking. Mexico is that way.
They need to publish all the names and addresses of these poor immigrants so we know where to send our donations.
“Living in lockdown”
They’re almost there. Soon.
The next stage is self deportation.
Give the Trump administration credit, it’s a brilliant strategy.
1. Go back home to Guatemala and get treatment there...
2. Good be ready to go Mexican grandmother, dont wait to be deported, just go back home.
3. They werent Christians and they didnt intend to be...no repentance there...
Is the intention here to illicit sympathy for the law scoffers?
I am unable to GAD.
P. J. O'Rourke
I wonder if they realize how happy these stories make MAGA folk?
I’ve been wanting this aggressive enforcement of our immigration laws for over 40 years!
I don’t get the “hide and seek” for real.
Pack up, and GTFO!!!!!
LA Times lamenting all their Democrat voter base leaving SoCal.
Get out of my country!
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