Mainly because California, specifically Los Angeles, has a high Hispanic population. Another reason is because Los Angeles is just a few hours away from the border, Upstate New York is very far from the border.
Upstate NY has had raids. Sackets Harbor pestered Tom Holman and got them back.
But there are far fewer people in upstate NY than in LA.
https://www.nyic.org/2025/04/sackets-harbor-family-has-been-released-from-ice-detention/
It's also a revenge thing. It's a big liberal city.
A big liberal city that made a big fuss about being a sanctuary for the targets of these raids, no less. Going after LA is both efficient and effective at removing a concentration those targets (versus, say, targeting somewhere like Erie, PA), and calculated at sending a message that sanctuaries are not safe.
It's vicious, but it's not a bad strategy given the stated and implied goals.
Also conservatives hate dem cities and la is huge one
That's my take on it, it's a blue city in a blue state. He's pushing the boundaries there, itching for a reason to pull out his army. Once he does it there, he'll have an "excuse" to do the same across America, wherever people push back.
He's invading America to "save" America.
Not just a blue state, but a blue state that has a governor who hates Republicans.
lmao Newsom doesn't hate Republicans, he practically IS one and has been bending over backwards to appeal to them, presumably because he wants to run for President and thinks that will help him.
Yeah, Trumps ICE thugs aren't raiding the red state businesses owned by his donors.
Yes they are. Just yesterday on NPR they had an Idaho farmer talking about how they weren’t able to get any labor. Here in Texas it’s been well documented too.
They hate Democratic run cities but sure love them sweet socialism tax money from them.
That's because those people are in the "in-group" and money is being taken from the "out-group". There's zero nuance to be had, everything boils down to this for the right.
Also traditionally, northern NY (I’m assuming OP means the land of New York near the Canadian border) is filled with pasty Canadians and Native Americans who smuggle booze into the US in an attempt to avoid taxes. Sure there are Hispanics up there, but there are far more Hispanics in LA (the real target of ICE) than NY. It has nothing to do with actual immigration enforcement. It has everything to do with getting rid of brown people.
I would challenge OP to think of it like this. If you lived in a small village in Bavaria with relatively few Jews in 1939, would that mean that the holocaust isn’t ongoing? You never see the SS or Gestapo rounding up people, you never hear of your neighbors going missing. So perhaps the holocaust isn’t as bad as we think.
I recognize the severe hyperbole in my example, but it’s to show O0 how utterly rediculous it is to say “because it’s not happening here, is it really happening??”
LA is the most populous sanctuary city on the Wear Coast. Sanctuary city refers to the policies, not to the population demographics.
New York is a border state. Has a longer border than California
I am reminded of a stupid joke I heard about Walls in the 2016 election:
"Walls work. China has a bigass wall... Hardly any Mexicans"
The point is that New York's border is with Canada, and the racists don't care about illegal Canadians as much... (if at all)
Also - very few of us have any interest in illegally entering the US!
If you know you would make far more money in the US, and be better off - you’re doing something that means you wouldn’t have any problem immigrating legally to the US anyway. Doctors and tech bros etc etc will be able to get a green card.
Semi skilled construction workers and bus drivers and servers - the sort of jobs where you are less likely to be able to get a green card - are much better financially staying here anyway.
Canadians generally don’t but some use Canada as a third country to illegally enter. There was a big human smuggling article a few years ago because Indian immigrants were being smuggled and I think some died in the snow unfortunately
You know what? Whichever side of the border you’re on, fair point.
They don’t have enough ‘illegals’ to satisfy their hatred and have been repealing green cards of doctorates recently
Oh, we hear this here, believe me. It doesn’t make any of us more eager to move there.
How goes the boycott? Haven't heard much about it lately
That’s because we’ve gotten new buying patterns. It took some mental energy at the beginning to find alternatives but now we’re just buying the same non-American stuff we bought last week and the week before.
Yes, but Canadians are mostly white.
Upstate NY is very close to the border… and there is a LOT of ice action happening up here, just not reported nationally
That is true.
Also: the president loathes California and will do anything he can to interfere with the state's governance and it's people. He loves nothing more than to create a bad situation and then blame Democratic leaders who had nothing to do with it.
Democrats have everything to do with what’s going on here.
Sure, sure, sure. Hey, just to enlighten others, why don't you post FOX's top 10 talking points about this?
No.
There is another border. It’s in upstate New York.
You’re on the money. Here in SoCal it’s a big deal because Hispanics are the biggest group.
Hell, it’s not just Hispanics who are riled up over the ICE raids, it’s also white, black, and Asian folks who grew up alongside their Hispanic friends and they’re out there protesting.
I've seen estimates that 7% or so of LA's population is undocumented. For ICE, it's a target rich environment.
Upstate New York is literally on the border lol
Border with Canada, not Mexico. Big difference.
Upstate NY HAS had immigration raids recently… and a few small protests against them that have made the local news… but it’s very rural and a lot of immigrants work and live on the farms. You’ll see them occasionally come into the stores to buy food and necessities (they usually arrive on repurposed school buses) but overall they are somewhat isolated from the communities. So I imagine when raids happen, there’s not many people/small town journalists around to witness it.
Yeah, I saw an article about how dismayed the dairy farmers are because ICE cleared out their staff
Yes it’s a mixture of Amish farms and “English” (as they refer to us) farms in upstate NY. The Amish farm amongst themselves and sell their food and other homemade goods to the locals. They also have construction (carpentry, roofing/siding) businesses. Then we have a large population of Mennonites who fall somewhere between the Amish and the English (depending on the group)and they usually farm or do skilled labor as well. The English farms often rely on immigrants for labor here.
The farmers ought to be the ones in jail, not the illegal immigrants.
NOWWW you’re thinking. because here’s a better question- wheres the raids in Texas? Everyone claims its happening in Cali because of the density but Texas has just as high of a population of Hispanic people concentrated into one area, and we havent had any of those sensationalized raids. if they really wanted to scoop up a bunch of people, Texas is easy. But they dont. Its about the headlines.
Texas isn't fighting them. California is.
Good point. Big ole upvote for you
They happen just as regularly in Texas. We just don’t have the sensationalized media coverage and rioting to draw the same attention.
Big city, big Hispanic population. San Antonio is also being targeted but it’s not considered a big city like LA. San Antonio does not get many clicks when it shows up in the news outlets
So then with the recent announcement in funding for ICE, what happens then? Now they start spreading out over the country in larger numbers? Start with high density and work down from there? Suppose I’m just trying to grasp why in my mind I would expect to ICE everywhere. 🤷♂️
They’ve made it clear they intend to be everywhere; they’re just starting in high density areas
The answer is pretty simple: fascists today are targeting left wing cities just like fascists in the 1930s did in Germany. LA is currently in their sights, SF or NY could be next.
california right next to mexico pal
So is Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, buddy!
Theyre targeting specific cities
Because Stephen Miller is from LA and he got bullied in high school
🤣 wouldn’t surprise me
1 in 9 undocumented
They are trying to do the raids in secret, like proper unaccountable secret police.
So we may not know where all of them are happening.
But,
The Administration HATES California for a laundry list of reasons including but not limited to;
Liberal, Multicultural and it is the 4th largest Economy in the world and the USA can't live without it.
So it will be targeted more.
The interesting thing to see is if this roundup and purge is going to cause a famine because farms are not getting harvested because even appropriately licensed and papered seasonal workers are too scared to show up in case the men with guns show up and kidnap them.
No doubt it is happening everywhere, but there are far more people and far more victimizable people in California. The way bullies work is to punch down against the weak until people with compassion stop interfering with them.
I feel like along with a significant immigrant population, LA is showing a lot of resistance, and the government is trying to crush their will as well as use them as an example.
California attracts illegal immigrants with free health care and free social support. Great attractant for ICE. Makes for easy prey.
It’s not free though, at least to the citizens.
No it is not. We pay higher rates to compensate for social programs and insurance reductions. Making healthcare unaffordable for many.
Because it's a blue state.
Upstate NY is not exactly a media center. LA is being targeted politically, and because it is a media center.
More OTW(other than white) in LA
It’s an intentional political strategy to cause violence in Democratic controlled cities because then they spin it to thier base that liberal cities are out of control and only an authoritarian crackdown can restore order. Red states clap and applaud and go along with the decent into fascism because hating liberal Californians is more satisfying than preserving democratic insitutions.
Because it's a big blue target and Hollywood never accepted him.
It's for his fangirls. It's nothing more than media clicks.
LA IS OVERRUN WITH ILLEGALS! RAPISTS! MURDERS! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRATS DO!!!
No one cares that a bunch of farm workers get kicked out in upstate NY.
It's the same reason why in Florida or Texas, you don't see the same headlines for the raids that happen. Red states. How else can Krusty Noem have another commercial using taxpayer money?
The actual reason is that la policy prevents ice from working directly with local law enforcement. This means that they are forced to carry out operations in the street, in the view of the public, where panic and fear lead to riots and looting. It's called manufactured outrage, and you are a victim. Blame your mayor.
What was it that the guy said, "Why do you rob banks?" "Because that's where the money is."
You must not ever have been to upstate New York.
Media
Media drives the fear in every "story"
They're going to report where they can stir up the most fear and division.
Because L. A. has the highest population of illegal immigrants in the country. It has been a sanctuary city longer than anywhere else.
The so called mainstream media isn't covering the other states due to them not being an "dramatic." The protests around ICE get the coverage due to the media not actually caring about the people involved.
A raid where everything goes quietly and there is not enough protesters gets ignored.
Dallas and New Orleans have had far more deportations and no one is reporting anything about those cities.
Because California is a liberal state and Gavin Newsom is likely the 2028 Democratic nominee
My wife told me that the local Spanish music radio station plays a song when they get wind of ICE raids happening in the Hispanic neighborhoods.
Taking away population from California so that way they lose house seats at the next census ;)
It’s just a matter of time. How much money did ICE just get in the OBBB? $45 million? Just wait until you run to Home Depot and there are armed, masked men standing outside the store. It freaks me out.
Because since 1990s ICE has claimed half of illegals in U.S. are in California!
California has the world's 4th largest economy so clearly the illegals are not a drag on the system
ICE wasn’t established until 2003.
PREDECESSOR agency INS.
ICE and the regime in power are purposely pushing videos showing ICE activity in California in order to provoke a violent response from their democratic counterparts.
Because Los Angeles has one of the largest undocumented immigrant populations in the United States.
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In addition to what others have said, I also think it’s part of a larger agenda to sow fear and discord, get people used to the reality of a militarized federal police force with actual (illegal) military elements, and finally, to provoke civil unrest which will then be used to declare a national “emergency” (he loves to create those to justify seizing more power). Once the emergency order is in effect, his new, very well funded federal police force can then crack down hard on everyone considered an “enemy”. Oh, and no more elections. He did tell us as much…
Edit: And yeah, he hates California and all those evil Democrats there.
LA is hugely Mexican, and you know discount Mussolini doesn’t like that. He’s been targeting small islands off the coast of Massachusetts, that feels weird. It’s a grudge based Presidency. In the 98% of the country he hasn’t bothered to learn about, you’re safe
Almost everyone who lives in upstate New York was born in New York.
There are a lot more illegal immigrants in Los Angeles than NY. This is because it's like 2000 miles closer to Mexico.
Thanks for attending my TED talk
There are an estimated 1 million illegal aliens in the Los Angeles area. Its also the area most entrenched in defending illegal immigration. ICE will have the biggest presence there due to these to points.
With the huge increase in ICE funding, you'll see more ICE activity in the next year.
Because that's the location for infamous riots and they're banking on some riots for the next stage
There’s a lot of brown in LA. That’s all they care about.
Do you know a lot of illegal Norwegian’s?
Yea because Norway is a horrible place and those people are coming here in hoards lol
Hella Mexicans in LA, and Cheeto face is obsessed with “bad hombres,” it’s his kink.
Numbers
LA is full of Mexicans?
Check the population of illegals in LA. It's higher than 20%.
Same for Florida. Huge illegal immigrant population. Small raids so far.
Based off others comments he likes Florida right, so they wouldn’t be targeted right away???
L.A. area is about 38% foreign born, with a significant fraction without legal papers. Immigration enforcement could profile anyone brown and with an accent and find someone almost every outing. There is a huge pressure from the administration top officials (S.M.) for regular arrest quotas.
I suppose San Diego, NYC, Texas and Florida could be in the same situation at some time.
California is far more Left, than Upstate NY.
Or construction sites in Texas?
If you want better coverage of some of these raids and without all the media bias. Then watch the cash Jordan YouTube channel.. from what I saw of it, it was good..
My friend lives in Rochester and she always asks me the same thing. The difference is that upstate NY doesn't have the same concentration of people without status. LA has entire neighborhoods where this affects families so when raids happen it's impossible to ignore.
We’ve had raids in suburban Atlanta, but we aren’t as densely populated OR there is significantly less coverage. For example, they had a raid at a Hispanic grocery store in Roswell. 46 people.
Because this is ALL a show….there are no riots….but you have ICE, the FBI, US Marines, and the California National Guard….all armed, and cosplaying…..driving around and picking up ONE PERSON….who usually is an American Citizen….Think about the videos you have seen….10-30 fully armed cosplayers grabbing ONE PERSON….we should be able to deport the 3 million people TACO wants…..it will take 500 years…..think about the cost….the resources…..6 months of this cosplaying….and how many has he deported…100,000.
I live i a rural community and the bastards are attacking brown people. The government is a bully atm. Just like TACOboy.
MSM want you to feel sorry when they are the problem.
Because politicians are not interfering in order to get on the news
LA is a sprawled city with a high population. They can control areas of operation while still not spreading themselves too thin geographically. Targeting upstate New York means they have to mobilize farther, spreading their lines thin and reducing their ability to reinforce themselves. Targeting population centers that built vertically means the population can mobilize en masse much faster, meaning they can easily be trapped by the population instead of the other way around. The most vulnerable cities will be ones that are build wide, not tall.
What about the Hamptons?
They are happening all over the place. The LA ones are the ones in the news.
I would guess the sheer numbers of Latinos in sounthern CA. And the gigantic physical area, which makes it difficult for resistence to coordinate actively trying to stop/block them.
Maybe it’s because the news you see is geared toward where you live? I live in FL and I am seeing info about deportations all day, every day on all platforms. However, we also don’t have lots of drama when large busts are made. People here don’t block interstates or tie themselves to ICE vehicles (our laws are very strict), so these antics certainly make the news in places like CA where someone is always doing something crazy.
There is an uptick, but it is the news media AND social media that is driving attention to the issue, to make people feel like this is happening everywhere and all the time. ICE raids were happening at a certain frequency even during the Obama administration. This is how we are manipulated into feeling and acting a certain way. But this is for everything you have an opinion on. No one truly believes they are being manipulated though, me included.
LA just gets national news because of what's going on down there. We had a few ICE raids here and they make the local news but it was more they went in, got a bunch of people and let maybe one go who was legit.
It's supposed to be a spectacle. It's to show their base, look we are doing that thing we said we would do. They're being intentionally dramatic.
Conman gonna con all of the simple folks that follow him into thinking how tough he is on these liberal cities. Step 1- pick a liberal strong hold,m with large Latino pop s2- send in the goons (ice) , s3- create chaos with said goons by snatching people off streets and creating confrontation with people that care about democracy , S4- watch the media over cover and then use footage to say... see how bad it is there. S5- declare Marshall law and brag about how awesome you are to the simple tards that love the cruelty. Repeat in other cities coming soon...
The reason there aren't any in Upstate NY in particular is because many of the immigrants there work in the dairy industry. They're both not very concentrated due to it being so rural (so hard to get as many people), and are somewhat protected by the dairy industry that relies on them and has a powerful lobby. There were immigration raids in NYC.
It’s happening everywhere, it’s just happening more in LA. Il Douche is targeting CA because Newsom says mean things about it.
Because there’s a lot of Latinos in LA.
California is a VERY BLUE state and orange shitler is trying to use scare tactics to incite violence and be able to declare martial law.
Gangs in LA maybe
There has been a significant increase in the amount of immigration raids in Western Pennsylvania, far away from LA. I can't speak for upstate NY.
https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/erie-county/kenmore/kenmore-residents-startled-after-police-raid-neighborhood-home/