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The continued immigration sweeps come as military forces deployed by the president remain present in Los Angeles, continuing a series of critical showdowns between federal and state officials.

And these community groups were hosting “Know Your Rights” workshops, organizing patrols to alert residents of immigration sweeps and preparing, as much as they could, to resist.

A week of immigration sweeps across Southern California has left some communities eerily quiet, with some residents saying they are avoiding going out and attending to routine business out of fear of being stopped.

Aggressive sweeps by ICE were met with fierce resistance by protesters and others beginning June 6.

Opponents of the sweeps say many immigrants whose only legal violations are their immigration statuses are being swept up.