Altadena CA ICE raid highlights fears that roundups will stymie rebuilding efforts
When ICE agents raided the construction site of a burned property in Altadena earlier this month, they made no arrests. The man they were after was not there. But the mere specter of them returning spooked the workers enough to bring the project to a temporary halt.
The next day, half of the 12-man team stayed home. The crew returned to full strength by the end of the week, but they now work in fear, according to Brock Harris, a real estate agent representing the developer of the property. "It had a chilling effect," he said. "They're instilling fear in the workers trying to rebuild L.A."
Harris said another developer in the area started camouflaging his construction sites: hiding Porta Potties, removing construction fences and having workers park far away and carpool to the site so as not to attract attention.
The potential of widespread immigration raids at construction sites looms ominously over Los Angeles County's prospects of rebuilding after the two most destructive fires in its history.
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