{"id":106125,"date":"2025-07-31T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/106125\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T00:04:13","slug":"democratic-national-committee-chair-hears-about-impacts-of-la-immigration-raids-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/106125\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic National Committee chair hears about impacts of LA immigration raids \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin was in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, where he met with more than a dozen community members who said their communities have been harmed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">widespread immigration raids<\/a> and mass deportations called by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The roundtable, hosted by L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis at an East L.A. restaurant, was an opportunity for Martin, who is traveling through California and Oregon this week, to hear directly from Angelenos about the effects of the raids on immigrant communities.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img alt=\"Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin speaks with Angelenos who...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"  \/>\n<p>Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin speaks with Angelenos who said they or their community has been negatively impacted by the Trump administration at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin listens to Los Angeles...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LDN-L-MARTIN-VISIT-0731-01-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin listens to Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis as they met with Angelenos who said they or their community has been negatively impacted by the Trump administration at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Actor Edward James Olmos speaks with Los Angeles County Supervisor...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LDN-L-MARTIN-VISIT-0731-04-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Actor Edward James Olmos speaks with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Martin met with Angelenos who said they or their community has been negatively impacted by the Trump administration. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin takes notes while speaking...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LDN-L-MARTIN-VISIT-0731-05-SR.jpg\" \/>\n<p>Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin takes notes while speaking with Actor Edward James Olmos as he meets with Angelenos who said they or their community has been negatively impacted by the Trump administration at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 4<\/p>\n<p>Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin speaks with Angelenos who said they or their community has been negatively impacted by the Trump administration at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The visit was Martin\u2019s second trip to the L.A. area this year; he previously traveled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgvtribune.com\/location\/california\/los-angeles-county\/san-gabriel-valley\/altadena\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Altadena<\/a> after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/tag\/eaton-fire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eaton fire<\/a> to hear from local business leaders. He told those at the roundtable that Wednesday\u2019s trip would not be his last, noting the prominent role that Los Angeles plays in national political conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will keep coming here to L.A. because L.A. is really at the heart of what is happening around this country,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>The United States, he said, is \u201cand will always be a nation of immigrants, and we should celebrate the immigrant communities. These weren\u2019t Democratic or Republican values. These are American values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides the immigration raids, Martin criticized President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his administration for supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/07\/03\/safety-net-cuts-states-reactions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a federal budget that would cut Medicaid<\/a>. The chair of the DNC called such actions callous.<\/p>\n<p>During the roughly hourlong roundtable, Martin and Solis heard from about a dozen community members \u2013 from small business owners and health care and service providers to educators, civic leaders and immigration advocates \u2013 who described the fear running rampant among immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Many undocumented residents, the participants said, are too fearful of being arrested by immigration agents that they\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/06\/18\/in-la-county-and-its-working-class-suburbs-a-plague-of-fear-and-silence-in-once-busy-immigrant-hubs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not leaving their homes<\/a>. This means they\u2019re not showing up to work, not dining out \u2013 which hurts local restaurants \u2013 skipping medical appointments, not getting their prescriptions refilled, or eating poorly if they\u2019ve stopped going to grocery stores to pick up fresh and healthy food items, speakers said. Some rely on family members to shop or run necessary errands for them.<\/p>\n<p>Participants at the roundtable also expressed frustration, saying that immigrants have contributed to the growth of the nation\u2019s economy, yet they feel they\u2019re being treated as criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Lourdes Caracoza, president and CEO of Alma Family Services, which provides community-based services for families in East L.A., described a lack of respect by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all professionals here; we\u2019re service providers,\u201d she said, looking around the room. \u201cAnd yet this administration wants the world to see us as criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a statement it attributed to a \u201csenior DHS official,\u201d said that under DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, \u201cour brave law enforcement officers are delivering on President Trump\u2019s and the American people\u2019s mandate to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens to make America safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are not here illegally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear. Elected officials choosing to fearmonger by distorting reality are doing a great disservice to our country and are responsible for the nearly 830% increase in assaults on ICE officers,\u201d the official stated.<\/p>\n<p>But speakers at Wednesday\u2019s roundtable said some immigrants have been unjustifiably targeted and detained without cause.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/los-angeles-lawsuit-trump-administration-immigration-raids-d981e5026af6cf73e8f6600a8ed24bad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">being sued by L.A. immigrant advocacy groups<\/a> who allege that federal immigration raids are being carried out in some instances through \u201cunconstitutional\u201d means including detaining someone based on their race, warrantless arrests or denying detainees access to attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>The case is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/07\/28\/appeals-court-mulls-governments-bid-to-resume-socal-immigration-raids-questions-3000-arrests-per-day-quota\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making its way through the court system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Solis said in a statement after the roundtable that it was important for the chair of the Democratic National Committee to hear directly from the people impacted by Trump administration policies and the frontline workers who support them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Democrats respond to Trump\u2019s attacks on our most vulnerable, these voices must lead the conversation,\u201d Solis said. \u201cThis was more than just a meeting; it was a meaningful dialogue with constituents and community leaders about the real-life consequences of federal actions and how we move forward together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: July 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin was in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, where he met with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":106126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,69,19929,409,2961,224,6080,5337,17259,50,80,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-106125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-illegal-immigration","12":"tag-immigration","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-county","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-national-politics","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114944925182939364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}