Many immigrant families are in lockdown or not working due to ICE enforcement, causing economic pressure that mirrors the pandemic.

A Reseda Charter High School student was released from ICE custody in late November, months after he was detained by federal agents.

A Los Angeles high school student who has spent the last several months at an immigration detention center has been released ahead of the holidays.

At the end of the No Kings Day protest in Los Angeles on June 15, police used tear gas and faced off with pro immigration protesters. Photo by Shay Horse/NurPhoto via In the last two weeks in Los Angeles,

Immigration is a major focus of the federal government. Immigration authorities carried out raids, dismantled immigration norms, and terrorized neighborhoods this past year. With so much happening, it could be hard to keep up with everything,

The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.

"This case exemplifies how misleading and hateful rhetoric against federal law enforcement can and does result in violence," First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said

If Jesus were born in America right now, what would this nativity set look like?' said Rev. Michael Woolf of the Lake Street Church scene.

At one point en vogue, then politically risky, calls to overhaul and even dissolve immigration agencies are growing among some Democrats after deportations across the country.

Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt warns of a "powder keg" in the United States as people " villainize ICE agents" who are "simply enforcing the laws."