Concert canceled amid immigration raids rescheduled for July 26 in MacArthur Park – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Concert canceled amid immigration raids rescheduled for July 26 in MacArthur Park – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

LOS ANGELES – The cumbia band Vilma Díaz y la Sonora will perform July 26 at Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles, after their June 21 concert was canceled when immigration raids began in the MacArthur Park area. The rescheduled performance marks the return of the only artist whose show was postponed since Levitt Pavilion resumed its summer concert series last month with rock band Dengue Fever. Nearly 2,800 people have been arrested in the L.A. area sinc…

I Visited L.A. Right After the ICE Raids

A protester attempts to communicate with a soldier outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, where immigrants are detained, in Los Angeles. (Denis Perez-Bravo / The CC Pulse) Commentary, Juliana Libunao When my family took a trip back to Los Angeles in June, like we have every year since moving to the Bay Area, my parents told me to keep my passport on me at all times even though I’m a U.S. citizen. They knew I might be asked to prove it at any…