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The state of emergency could mean eviction protections for tenants affected by the immigration sweeps launched by the Trump administration.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a state of emergency this week that could benefit tenants and others hurt by the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in Southern California.

The action Tuesday is the latest and one of most sweeping efforts by local authorities to push back at immigration raids that have targeted several major American cities this summer and fall.

Los Angeles County was the first area to see widespread immigration arrests, which netted thousands of people, and local officials say they are us

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