A year after ICE raids terrorized Los Angeles, a rattled city reaches for resilience: ‘It’s not the same’
Jun 14, 2026
Thousand of arrests last summer led to mass protests and some deaths - across the city, communities still bear the scarsMost people in Brian Gavidia’s life haven’t seemed to notice that a year has passed since armed federal immigration agents descended on their city.In East Los Angeles, in the n
eighborhood where he was born and has lived his whole life, the scene this week appeared more or less normal. A family in formalwear settled into the big round table at the torta ahogada restaurant for a post-graduation celebration. The vendors selling fruit or flowers or perfumes were once again lining the streets. Continue reading... ...read more read less