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Asked why, she exchanged an exasperated look with the customer, before saying that “la migra” — slang for ICE — was popping up everywhere in the area, scaring off her customers.

“You know, like keeping an eye out everywhere and checking my telephone to see where checkpoints are,” he said.

“I haven’t seen any street vendors in the past three days, which is mind boggling to me because I live in Echo Park and they’re everywhere there usually.”

Even though she is a citizen by birth, she says that she’s taken to carrying a copy of her birth certificate with her everywhere she goes as a precaution.

“In allowing Chinese students to come here, it’s part of the importance of the United States being a draw for students from everywhere,” Takano said.