The region is home to one of the nation’s largest and oldest Hispanic communities, which underpins the economy.

President Donald Trump campaigned on delivering the largest mass deportation effort in US history. What he has delivered so far is a dramatic surge in arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement of people who were living in the U.

From the beginning, Donald Trump’s approach to deportations has been about both removing people from the country and the spectacle of removing people from the country. If any doubt lingered about the president’s commitment to the cause,

President Trump’s statement suggested his sweeping policies were alienating industries he wants to keep in his corner.