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An Uptick in ICE Arrests Outside the Spotlight

"Los Angeles is a harbinger of this new strategy" of detaining immigrants away from public scrutiny, especially in sanctuary states like California, says UCLA Luskin scholar Paul Ong.

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September 2, 2026

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Paul Ong

Research Professor and Director of the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

Professor Ong has done research on the labor market status of minorities and immigrants, displaced high-tech workers, work and spatial/transportation...

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