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LA county declares state of emergency in response to ICE raids, will provide financial relief to illegals

October 15, 2025 | | Print Article

Los Angeles County has declared a state of emergency in response to the Trump administration’s immigration raids.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared an emergency on Tuesday in order to grant itself the power to assist locals who’ve allegedly been affected financially by the ongoing raids.

“The move allows the LA County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants,” the Associated Press has confirmed.

The reasoning for the emergency is that some illegal alien families have seen their breadwinners deported, while other illegal alien families are now afraid to work because of the ongoing raids.

“We have residents afraid to leave their homes, we have constituents contacting my office because their family members never came home and they don’t know if they’ve been taken by ICE or where they’ve been taken,” Supervisor Janice Hahn reportedly explained.

“We have entire families who are destitute because their fathers or mothers have been taken from their workplaces and they have no way to pay their rent or put food on their table,” she added.

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The emergency order also granted local officials access to state money to be used to provide illegal aliens with legal aid, and it paved the way for the supervisors to invoke an eviction moratorium.

“What’s happening in our communities is an emergency — and Los Angeles County is treating it like one,” Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath added in a statement. “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.”

According to Fox News, only one supervisor voted against the emergency order — Board Chair Kathryn Barger.

“The federal government has sole authority to enforce federal immigration law, and local governments cannot impede that authority,” she said. “We should instead advocate for meaningful immigration reform that is fair, pragmatic, and creates legal pathways for those who contribute to our communities.”

“Emergency powers exist for crises that pose life and death consequences like wildfires — not as a shortcut for complex policy issues. Stretching emergency powers for federal immigration actions undermines their purpose, invites legal challenges, and circumvents the public process,” she added.

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Barger isn’t the only one who opposes the emergency. So do landlords and apartment owner associations, both of whom have warned that the next step — an eviction moratorium — would hurt them just as it did during the COVID pandemic, as reported by the Los Angeles Daily News.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, is livid.

Asked late Tuesday by Fox News’ “Hannity” host Sean Hannity whether the emergency is “aiding and abetting in lawbreaking,” Attorney General Pam Bondi replied that “it is.”

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ICE released a statement to Fox News, also blasting the emergency.

“The only state of emergency is the one the residents of Los Angeles face after electing officials who give a middle finger to the law,” a spokesperson said. “Perhaps the board should ‘supervise’ funds to support law-abiding fire victims who still haven’t recovered, instead of criminal illegal aliens seeking refuge in their sanctuary city.”

“While they publicly fear-monger, I would be shocked if they didn’t agree with ICE removing a child rapist from their neighborhood,” they added.

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