Armored vehicles rumble through our neighborhoods. Masked federal immigration agents in unmarked cars ambush people and refuse to identify themselves, in violation of the law. Residents are chased and detained in broad daylight without warrants—while working, driving their children to school, or even following the law and showing up to immigration courthouses for hearings on their cases. Streets and businesses across the county that were once bustling now sit empty.

You might think this sounds like a dystopian Netflix drama about an authoritarian crackdown. But this is happening here—in Orange County, California, in 2025. Detention rates are already at an all-time high , with 93% of people detained having no violent criminal record, and the threat is expected to grow. In just

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