Immigration enforcement in Los Angeles
Los Angeles has been a focal point for federal immigration actions, including crowded immigration court dockets and legal fights over enforcement sweeps. A California judge held Homeland Security in contempt in a case over LA immigration sweeps, and local reporting has highlighted fast-tracked hearings and due-process concerns at LA immigration court.
What stance should Los Angeles take toward federal immigration enforcement in the city?
How OpenCampaign quiz-takers stand on this issue
30% call it a high-priority issue (rating it 7+ out of 10).
- Liberal30%
- Lean liberal23%
- Moderate16%
- Lean conservative6%
- Conservative25%
High-priority share over time
The high-priority share has ranged 26–45% since 2016. Election-year cohorts skew casual and under-rate every issue, so the dips around 2020 and 2024 partly reflect who took the quiz, not a shift in opinion.
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What stance should Los Angeles take toward federal immigration enforcement in the city?
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Sources
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24, 2026: People wait in line to enter the Los Angeles - N. Los Angeles Street Immigration Court on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The Department of Homeland Security's latest tactic to fast-track immigration cases have numerous immigrants being assigned hearings at the same time on the same docket.
California judge holds Homeland Security in contempt in case over LA immigration sweeps
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Expand sanctuary policies and actively block local cooperation with federal immigration raids
- Provide legal defense support and limit local aid to federal enforcement except serious crimes
- Comply with federal law while protecting due process and focusing local resources on violent crime
- Increase cooperation with federal authorities to speed removals of undocumented immigrants
- Fully align local police with federal enforcement and end sanctuary-style limits on cooperation