“Since election day, children are scared about what might happen to their parents,” says Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights of Los Angeles. L.A. and Orange counties are home to roughly 1 million immigrants in the country illegally — more than any region except greater New York. The possibility of stakeouts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has caused thousands of Angelenos to abbreviate their daily rounds. But its primary mission is to inform immigrants of their rights and help provide counsel if they’re caught up in the government’s deportation machinery. The state government weighed in as far back as last summer, when it raised to $30 million the amount it devotes annually to immigrant legal aid.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 05, 2017 12:02 UTC