'Hurting More Than Ever': Immigration Raids Paralyze LA Fashion District

Fuente: International Business Times

Nayomie Mendoza, owner of Cuernavaca's Grill, poses for a portrait at her restaurant in the Fashion District of Los Angeles AFP At Cuernavaca's Grill, a Mexican restaurant in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles, owner Nayomie Mendoza is used to seeing customers line up for lunch. But the vibrant neighborhood filled with boutiques and shops has become a ghost town amid raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carrying out President Donald Trump's hard-line policy of sweeping up and deporting undocumented immigrants. Even in the early summer season when tourists flock to the southern California city, Mendoza is left staring at empty tables.