President-elect Donald Trump ran his campaign on bashing undocumented immigrants and threatening cities that protect their rights. Since the election, these cities and many others have spoken up—vowing to stand behind their immigrant residents, at the risk of millions in federal funding.
One of these cities is Los Angeles, where one in ten residents is undocumented. In sheer numbers, Los Angeles County has more people without papers than any other in the country. The city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, insists that when Trump takes office, the city will continue to support immigrant communities, and keep restricting police involvement in immigration law. Garcetti told the LA Times:
“If the first day, as president, we see something that is hostile to our people, hostile to our city, bad for our economy, bad for our security, we will speak up, speak out, act up, and act out.”
But how, exactly, is L.A. doing this? CityLab caught up with Dr. Linda Lopez, who heads the mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, to learn more about how the city is preparing for the coming months.
[For more of this story, written by Tanvi Misra, go to http://www.citylab.com/politic...he-trump-era/511913/]
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