Thousand of arrests last summer led to mass protests and some deaths - across the city, communities still bear the scars
Most 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 neighborhood 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.
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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 f...
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