Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared a state of emergency in the county because of the federal immigration roundups happening in the area.
The county declaration said it found a 62% drop in average weekly earnings among immigrants and 71% had returned to work, though they feared deportation.
"We have entire families who are destitute because their fathers or mothers were taken from their workplaces," said Supervisor Janice Hahn, CBS News reported. "I want our immigrant communities to know that we are in this emergency with them, we see them and we understand what they are going through."
The county is home to more than 3 million immigrants, ABC News reported. The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raids have caused "widespread fear," leading to "decreased attendance at workplaces, disruption of local economies, and strain on critical services such as schools, hospitals, and places of worship."
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