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“They’re Mexican Americans, you know, in Southern California right now, and there’s ICE raids happening left and right,” he said.

The Silver Platter even endured a shutdown during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic; as well as the occasional spikes in crime, followed by the rampant ICE raids this summer.

In the summer came immigration raids by ICE that created fear among players and parents, forcing 20 to skip practice one day alone.

Residents report bears rummaging through trash, raiding chicken coops and—like any good Southern Californian—dipping into backyard pools.

Footage obtained by the BBC shows criminals raiding lorries as they make deliveries, breaking into vehicles while they wait in traffic, cutting locks and breaking into depots, and stealing whole trailers packed with goods.