{"id":85454,"date":"2025-12-07T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T22:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85454\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T22:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T22:02:08","slug":"holiday-parade-in-californias-wealthy-american-riviera-city-canceled-over-ice-raid-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85454\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday parade in California’s wealthy ‘American Riviera’ city canceled over ICE raid fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

A decades-running holiday parade in California\u2019s wealthy \u201cAmerican Riviera\u201d city of Santa Barbara was cancelled this year over fears of ICE immigration raids<\/a> targeting participants.<\/p>\n

The famous beachy city\u2019s Milpas Street Holiday Parade, slated for Dec. 13, was axed when some of its planned dancers, bands and others expressed fears they might be targeted by President Trump\u2019s crackdown on illegal immigration, event organizers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough ICE raids may no longer dominate daily headlines, the threat to our Latino families, documented or undocumented, remains very real,\u201d the Santa Barbara Eastside Society said in a statement, citing \u201cweeks\u201d of discussion.<\/p>\n

\"AThe Milpas Street Holiday Parade had been held annually for 70 years in Santa Barbara, Calif. MIlpas Community Association Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cThe presence of immigration enforcement in our region, the fear it generates, and the uncertainty families continue to face are real, immediate, and deeply felt,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n

The Milpas Street Holiday Parade has run for<\/a> 70 years, with the area\u2019s Hispanic heritage typically front and center in the performances, food, music and themes, according to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Trump\u2019s ICE raids have reportedly left Santa Barbara\u2019s Latin community on edge.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany longtime participants have shared that the level of fear and vulnerability they are experiencing makes joining a large public event feel unsafe,\u201d Eastside Society said.<\/p>\n

\"IllustrationEvent organizers say they hope the parade will go off without a hitch in 2026. MIlpas Community Association Facebook<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s ICE raids have commanded headlines across the country since he took office in January, with federal immigration agents often arriving in<\/a> communities and taking people suspected of illegal immigration from their workplaces, homes or off the streets in broad daylight.<\/p>\n

The holiday parade is just the latest event cancelled in Santa Barbara over the raids.<\/p>\n

The local Dia De Los Muertos parade was nixed in November for the same fears, as were parts of its Old Spanish Days Fiesta over the summer, according to KTLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winter holiday parade cancellation is only temporary, though, the Eastside Society, saying it hopes to run it again in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur priority is, and has always been, the wellbeing, dignity, and safety of our community,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A decades-running holiday parade in California\u2019s wealthy \u201cAmerican Riviera\u201d city of Santa Barbara was cancelled this year over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,536,2871,21730,5875,3586],"class_list":["post-85454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-ice","tag-parades","tag-santa-barbara","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}