LOS ANGELES — Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together Wednesday to demand the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.S.
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—The Associated Press
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Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.
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