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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh in Los Angeles

As Ice infiltrates LA, neighborhoods fall quiet: ‘We can’t even go out for a walk’

Members of different mariachi bands gather at Mariachi Plaza in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
Members of different mariachi bands gather at Mariachi Plaza in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

It has been eerily easy to find street parking in Los Angeles’s fashion district this week. In the nearby flower district, longtime vendors have locked up stalls. And in East LA, popular taquerías have temporarily closed.

Neighborhoods across LA and southern California have gone quiet since the Trump administration ramped up immigration raids in the region two weeks ago.

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