Downey, known as the 'Mexican Beverly Hills,' has been roiled this week by Trump immigration raids roiling Southern California, sparking both fear and outrage.

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country’s food, farm bureaus say.

An immigration sweep at the Santa Ana Home Depot was one of several reported in Southern California over the past week. The raids led to protests, some of which turned violent in downtown Los Angeles. Law enforcement officers have used flash-bang stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas on the crowds.

As federal agents step up immigration raids In Los Angeles... It’s not only sparking concern in immigrant communities, but in the business world as well. Immigrant labor is one of the backbones of Southern California’s economy with jobs ranging from agriculture to construction to hospitality.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is promising to move forward with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump’s use of troops to help carry out intensified immigration raids faces its biggest challenge yet on Thursday, when a federal judge is set to weigh a request from California Gov. Gavin Newsom to put an emergency stop to the practice.

Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in the state’s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents “your children are in danger” because of illegal immigration.

The Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement policies are taking a toll on more than just the undocumented aliens they are targeting.  On