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Camila Domonoske | NPR with AP|ICE officials said 161 people from 13 countries were arrested in the Los Angeles area, all but 10 of whom were convicted criminals. More than 100 people arrested in L.A. were from Mexico.
With fast-moving news around U.S. immigration policy, Take Two's A Martinez sat down with a panel of guests to discuss what all of this means for California.
Immigration officials have conducted an “enforcement surge,” arresting 161 undocumented people over five days. They say the arrests are part of the periodic enforcement actions that they have conducted in recent years.
Los Angeles area attorneys report they've gotten a higher than usual number of calls from relatives of undocumented immigrants arrested by ICE officials.
The L.A. City Council committee overseeing LAX heard testimony from airport officials and travelers. They provided a clearer picture of the conditions inside LAX during the travel ban.
Twenty Yemeni immigrants whose travel to Los Angeles was halted by President Trump's ban will be flying to LAX, but uncertain if the restrictions will be reinstated.
The ban has rattled Americans with ties to the listed countries, and its effects are perhaps most widespread among the country's thriving Iranian American community.
