One year on, Los Angeles is still living with the fallout of the raids
One year on, Los Angeles is still living with the fallout of the raids
- June 24, 2026
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science, shares perspective with Capital and Main
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The scale and violence of the raids reflect Trump’s lack of restraint in his second term, said Louis DeSipio, professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine. Trump has been emboldened by a compliant Congress that approved historic levels of funding for ICE and Border Patrol and has enlisted other federal agencies to assist with immigration enforcement and deportations. “What was threatened is that enforcement would become indiscriminate and it did,” said DeSipio.
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