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Karen Bass: “This is a city of immigrants.”

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Rachel Maddow Interviews Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on ICE Raids and Federal Military Presence

Published June 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:51

You disrupt the entire ecosystem. You impact our overall economy. If people are afraid to go to work, This is a city of immigrants. If they're afraid to go to work, you are going to hit our economy in a way that is completely unnecessary. This is a problem that started on Friday morning when the raids happened. (07:51–07:54)

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Asserts that [Los Angeles] is a city with a significant immigrant population.

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