Co-host or Commentator (2:17)

Of the country, which is proving to be a lot harder than just closing the border, because now ICE is having to go into local communities here in.

Roman (2:24)

America to find these people, and they're like needles in a haystack. And in many places, the local jurisdiction is no help. At all in cities like Chicago, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, they all have sanctuary policies in place that literally stop law enforcement from being able to help federal ICE agents. Some places, though, have gone even one step further. For instance, on Tuesday, October 14, you had LA County, Los Angeles county, they declared a state of emergency over these ICE rates, saying that among other things, the county will provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind on rent as a result of ICE enforcement operations. Meaning they will literally pay the rent of illegal aliens who either can't go.

Co-host or Commentator (3:05)

To work for fear of getting caught.

Roman (3:07)

By ice, or in another scenario, if the breadwinner of the household gets deported by ICE, LA county will pay the rent for his family. In addition, according to the declaration as it was passed, on top of rent relief, LA county will also use taxpayer funds to provide legal services to those who were affected. And on top of that, it also allows the county supervisors to, quote, mobilize resources, request state and federal financial assistance to respond to the impacts of the raids, and expedite contracting to address the crisis. In explaining why this declaration needed to go into effect, you had Ms. Lindsay Horvath, who was one of the LA.

Co-host or Commentator (3:46)

County supervisors who actually introduced this declaration to be voted on.

Roman (3:50)

She said the following, quote, what's happening in our communities is an emergency and Los Angeles county is treating it like one. Declaring a local emergency ensures that the full weight of county government is aligned to support our immigrant communities who are being targeted by federal actions. For months, families have lived under threat and workers have been taken from job sites. This proclamation is about action and speed. It allows us to move faster, coordinate better, and use every tool available to protect and to stabilize our communities. We will continue to stand with our immigrant neighbors today and for as long as it takes. Also, you had another statement from another.

Co-host or Commentator (4:25)

LA county supervisor, Ms. Janice Hahn, who added the following.

Janice Hahn (4:29)

What's happening across Los Angeles county is an emergency. It may not be a wildfire or an earthquake, but it is a man made emergency created by our own federal government.

Roman (4:44)

And what's really ironic about this statement.

Co-host or Commentator (4:47)

The reason I wanted to highlight it.

Roman (4:48)

Is because both sides of the political.

Co-host or Commentator (4:50)

Aisle would actually probably agree with it.

Roman (4:52)

Because the conservative position is that the.

Co-host or Commentator (4:55)

Federal government under the Biden administration did create this emergency by letting in millions of people unfettered through the US Southern border. However, the progressive position is also that the crisis comes from the US Federal government, but in their eyes, it comes from the Trump administration who's now trying to round all these people up and.

Roman (5:16)

Send them back home.

Co-host or Commentator (5:17)

It's basically like that famous painting. Not a painting, but it's a picture and depending on how you look at it, it's either a beautiful woman or. Or an ugly old hack. It's the same photo just depending on how you look at it. It's two different things. So in this case, both the progressive and conservative position is that this emergency was created by the federal government.

Roman (5:35)

It just.

Co-host or Commentator (5:35)

They differ on what they mean by that.

Roman (5:37)

Regardless, the one other thing I wanted to mention was a statistic that the LA county government used in order to.

Co-host or Commentator (5:44)

Justify the state of emergency.

Roman (5:46)

In the text of their declaration, their proclamation for the state of emergency, they.

Co-host or Commentator (5:51)

Wrote the following quote.

Roman (5:52)

According to a recent study, industries such as construction and agriculture would contract by 16% and 14% respectively statewide and overall impact of workforce loss could result in $275 billion in losses to gross domestic product output. California saw a 3.1% drop in private sector employment the week immediately after the Trump administration stepped up immigration raids in California.

Co-host or Commentator (6:18)

The reason that I wanted to highlight this point specifically is because it is a wild statistic that almost sounds like a conspiracy theory from 10 years ago.

Roman (6:25)

That enforcing our immigration laws will immediately.

Co-host or Commentator (6:27)

Depress the number of construction workers in.

Roman (6:29)

California by 16% and California's entire employment rate will dip by over 3 percentage points.

Co-host or Commentator (6:37)

Now that's something else.

Roman (6:38)

I mean, just the level to which that particular state relies on illegal aliens for its economy. Regardless though, that's the situation currently playing itself at over in LA county you.

Co-host or Commentator (6:47)

Have immigration raids happening again because of the US Supreme Court decision that we discussed in a prior episode. On the streets you have people of course protesting against the ICE raids by surrounding ICE facilities and holding up placards, sometimes getting violent, but for the most part it appears to at the moment be nonviolent. Then you have the LA county government basically declare a state of emergency and now they're going to be offering rent assistance and legal assistance to these illegal aliens.

Roman (7:13)

So that's on the one side.

Co-host or Commentator (7:15)

And of course you have the job losses that they mentioned as well.

Roman (7:17)

On the flip side, however, you have.

Co-host or Commentator (7:19)

You can say positive developments because I've anecdotally been hearing evidence that the highways are a lot less clogged, people are able to get to work faster just because there's so much less cars, because so many less people are going to work and so many people have also been deported or self deported. Also, statistics regarding housing starts are also relatively wild. Basically, housing starts using the FHA government backed loan program.

Roman (7:44)

They have dipped almost exclusively because non.

Co-host or Commentator (7:47)

US citizens are no longer receiving loans through that program so U.S. citizens can take advantage and be more competitive in the housing market.

Roman (7:56)

And that's aside from the fact that.

Co-host or Commentator (7:57)

If indeed construction jobs fell by 16%, that's a lot of job openings that US citizens can take advantage of. So there's two sides to that story.

Roman (8:05)

If you want to read the full emergency proclamation from the LA county government, I'll throw a link to the PDF version of it. You'll be able to find it down in the description box below.

Co-host or Commentator (8:16)

If you want to read the whole thing in its entirety, it's only several pages long.

Roman (8:18)

And then, until next time, I'm your host, Roman from the Epoch Times. Stay informed and most importantly, stay free.