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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh

Fearing raids, barred from aid: LA immigrants doubly vulnerable amid fires

the remnants of a scorched church with mountains in the distance
A destroyed church in Altadena, California, on 9 January. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP

Angelica Salas has been shellshocked by the past week.

The immigrants’ advocate had to flee the Eaton fire as it rushed toward Altadena and Pasadena. But even as she and her family were evacuating their home and checking in on friends and neighbors, Salas was scrambling to organize emergency aid for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrant families that her organization serves.

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