Kevin de León's life on the run has prolonged a painful chapter for Los Angeles following the October release of the recording, which contained racist remarks.
Summary: Dividing immigrants between "good" and "bad" compounds the damage of discrimination in vulnerable communities. The L.A. City Council should reject this false and dehumanizing dichotomy, and instead embrace an equitable model for deportation defense.
One of the country’s most ingrained and destructive tropes about immigrants is on display in a Los Angeles City Council debate this month: There are good immigrants and there are bad immigrants