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New York Times
30-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
‘Completely Disrupted': Fear Upends Life for Latinos in L.A.
Some carry passports to travel to the corner store. Others do not venture out at all, too afraid of the consequences. Bus ridership has dropped. So has business at taco trucks and fruit stands. Fear and anxiety have gripped Latinos in Los Angeles to an extraordinary degree, upending the lives of thousands of residents. Increased immigration raids and patrols by masked officers have stifled one of the largest and most established Latino communities in America, causing what residents and officials describe as a Covid-style shutdown of public events, street life and commerce. It has affected not only undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families but also many U.S. citizens who have lived in California for decades and who say that they are fearful of being swept up in the raids. Interviews with more than two dozen Latino residents, elected officials and community leaders in the Los Angeles area revealed the cultural, financial and psychological toll the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is having on a county where nearly half of the population traces their ancestry to Mexico and other parts of Latin America. 'People don't feel safe,' said Mark González, a state lawmaker whose district includes part of downtown Los Angeles and the city of Montebello, a majority-Hispanic working-class suburb where a number of people have been detained by federal agents. 'Normal everyday life is completely disrupted as a result of these raids.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
California lawmakers advocate for dual language immersion programs with new bill
( — Assemblymember Mark González announced the introduction of legislation that would expand access to dual language immersion programs in California schools. According to a statement from González's office, Assembly Bill 865 would appropriate $5,000,000 for instructional materials for dual language immersion programs. 'AB 865 will ensure that teachers have access to the instructional materials they needto better serve our diverse student population,' said Assemblymember González. 'With over 70% of my district speaking a language other than English at home— including Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese—this bill is a necessary step toward educational equity and multilingual proficiency.' According to officials, these grants would allow schools to develop or purchase standards-aligned instructional materials such as textbooks for dual language immersion programs. $3.5 million of the funding would go toward programs for the five most common languages among English learner students, which González's office said are Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Arabic, and Cantonese. The other $1.5 million in funding would go toward programs for other languages such as Korean, Armenian, and Japanese. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
