The Shadow of Fear: ICE Raids and the Erasure of Lives The summer of 2022 will be remembered for many things in Los Angeles – record breaking heatwaves, devastating wildfires, and the sudden disappearance of hundreds of residents.
What happened during those raids was not just a series of high profile arrests; it was an exercise in state sponsored erasure.
For families like Noémi's, who had built lives in this city over decades, the shockwaves of those ICE raids still reverberate today.