As ICE raids increase, some LA immigrants leave the country "voluntarily"

Kevin R. Johnson

27 Nov 2025 — 1 min read

News from Los Angeles, one site of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign. Immigration lawyers and experts across Los Angeles County report anecdotal increases in people seeking to either return to their country of origin or obtain second citizenship in countries where they have familial ties.

A number of undocumented immigrants are choosing to "self deport" rather than risk detention.

According to USC Dornsife’s California Immigrant Data Portal, nearly 1 million people in the county were undocumented in 2021.

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