A week earlier, some lawmakers were denied entry to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, where detainees from recent raids are being held.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has characterized the long tail of the immigration raids as dealing “a body blow” to the city’s economy, with many people scared to go to school, work or out in their communities. Whole sectors of the economy can’t function without immigrant labor, the mayor said.

A total of four initially escaped Newark's Delaney Hall facility, where ICE has been holding individuals facing possible deportation, last Thursday. One was captured in Passaic on Saturday, by the FBI and ICE, and a second was taken into custody Sunday.

Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller and a candidate for mayor, was handcuffed as he tried to steer a man past Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

By Tim Reid and Kristina Cooke LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Juan Ibarra stands outside his fruit and vegetable outlet in Los Angeles' vast fresh produce market, the place in the city center where Hispanic restaurateurs,

Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his tactics last week week against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed. He has said ICE is averaging about 1,600 arrests per day and that the agency has arrested “dangerous criminals.” It is an assertion many lawmakers and city leaders decry.

Immigration enforcement raids in the city of Hawthorne have sparked outrage, fear and anxiety in a town that is half Latino.

State senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin want law enforcement working in California to be identifiable and to restrict mask wearing in public operations; federal officials have said their