IMMIGRANTS OF CHINESE AMERICANS, KOREANS, INDIA, MEXICO, AND THE MIDDLE EAST STOOD GROUND TO PROTEST THE CITY IRVINE CA FROM ERECTING HOMELESS TENT CITIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS

One by one, the buses pulled up to the Orange County Hall of Administration last week carrying posters with messages such as "No Tent City" and "No Homeless in Irvine."

Many of the hundreds on board were immigrants, and this would be their first experience joining a political protest.

A week earlier, county officials announced that they were considering placing emergency homeless shelters in Irvine as well as in Laguna Niguel and in Huntington Beach. All three cities immediately fought the plan, but the opposition was most fierce in Irvine.

Many of the loudest voices in the movement to block the shelter plan were Chinese Americans who came together through social media apps and various community groups. They were joined by immigrants from South Korea, India, Mexico and the Middle East, along with some whites.

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