Carlos Aranibar, son of Bolivian and Mexican immigrants and former Downey public works commissioner, became politically active after immigration raids reached his city. Downey's middle-class Latino identity and conservative tendencies had delayed broad resistance, with recent local politics showing recalls and rejection of Pride flags and an 18.8% increase in Trump voters from 2020. Seeing a Customs and Border Protection truck on Jan. 27 prompted Aranibar to seek ways to join resistance, leading him to attend a downtown meeting. Emerging anti-immigration-raid activism among people like Aranibar is shifting Latino political alignment and posing a threat to the GOP in upcoming elections.
""It's not something like that I was in a bubble and I was finally mad - I've been mad,""
""But seeing [immigration patrols] so close to my city, I thought 'That's not cool.'""
""Mexican Beverly Hills""
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