"As an undocumented Latino from El Salvador living in Pico Union"—a heavily concentrated Latinx community on the margins of downtown Los Angeles—"I am most fearful about the pop-up checkpoints and the immigration raids," he told me. These fears were more than imminent under the administration of President Obama, dubbed the "Deporter in Chief" by critics who opposed the accelerated mass deportations carried out during the final stages of his second term. But without question, Juan's fears have become more visceral, more palpable during the Trump administration.

XREF: Connects to broader discussions of immigration policy continuity across presidential administrations, especially Obama's 'Deporter in Chief' record.

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