Well, downtown Los Angeles has been the center of protest against federal immigration

raids.

I spoke with its Mayor Karen Bass a short time ago.

Mayor Karen Bass, thank you for being with us.

Welcome back to the news hour.

What is the current situation on the ground right now?

You imposed a curfew in downtown Los Angeles, has it helped de-escalate the violence,

prevent the types of looting we saw earlier this week?

Well, absolutely it did. Last night was the first night of the curfew. And I will tell you,

over 100 people were arrested, but they were arrested for failure to disperse and violating curfew.

No violence, no vandalism. And so that is different than the night before.

But when you ask what is going on in general, the city is quiet now. There are raids that are

taking place today. Well, you and dozens of other regional mayors have called for an end to the

federal immigration enforcement raids and the deployment of federalized troops.

I want to ask about both of those matters.

But on the immigration rates, I mean, generally speaking, how has it affected immigrant families,

the business community, the broader fabric of Los Angeles?

Well, and the broader fabric of Los Angeles is absolutely critical

because there are sectors of our economy that are absolutely dependent on immigrant labor.

And so I worry about the construction industry, the hospitality industry.

There's a lot of overall economic impact to our area, but also most important to me are the impact on the families. Because when your

husband goes to work in the morning and gives you a call and says, hey, I think I'm being detained,

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