The Los Angeles Dodgers, facing mounting pressure from their Latino fan base, announced on Friday that they had committed $1 million in financial help for families of immigrants who have been “impacted by recent events in the region.”
The announcement, while oblique on exactly which “recent events” the team was responding to, came after days of calls from community leaders and fans to signal support for its heavily Latino fan base as federal immigration raids have been reported across the Los Angeles area. The raids over the past two weeks have stoked fear and anxiety among many immigrant families, especially Latinos.
While the team’s announcement fell short of denouncing the federal immigration enforcement efforts, as some fans had hoped for, the Dodgers said more “community efforts” would be shared soon.
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