LA Declares Emergency Over ICE Raids, Remembers 2025
Bloomberg's report on LA County's emergency declaration over ICE raids highlights a reaction typically reserved for 'wildfires or earthquakes.' (One might wonder if the government-fueled tearing apart of families isn't, in itself, a man-made natural disaster.) This seemingly urgent measure by LA County in 2025 conveniently sidesteps the consistent, bipartisan federal enforcement machinery that has
underpinned such raids for decades, under administrations from Obama to Trump to Biden. While Trump policies certainly intensified these tactics, the deportation apparatus, including ICE itself, saw significant expansion and operational continuity across multiple presidencies. Los Angeles, a self-proclaimed sanctuary city, finds itself in a perpetual loop of 'shock' over federal actions that are,
in fact, baked into the system. How many states of emergency are needed before we address the root cause, rather than just the latest symptom?