21 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Trump's Deportation Raids in L.A. Hit Longtime Workforce
LOS ANGELES—Pablo Delpilar immigrated from Mexico 25 years ago, has five children who are U.S. citizens, aged 14 to 22, and runs a small street stand selling toys from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
He is one of the millions of immigrants who make up greater Los Angeles's Hispanic community, one of the nation's largest and oldest. Some crossed the border illegally, overstayed visas or were brought here illegally as children and are stuck in legal limbo. They assumed President Trump wouldn't target them for deportation and that he would instead focus on criminals and more recent arrivals.
