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Customers Avoid Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet After Immigration Operation

"It's totally dead. No business at all," vendor Joseph Medina said. "I don't know what to think for the future."

(KCAL News, CBS Los Angeles)

June 18, 2025

On a typical June afternoon, the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet would be packed with people, but after a recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid, many customers decided to avoid the popular flea market.

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"It's totally dead. No business at all," vendor Joseph Medina said. "I don't know what to think for the future."

Medina has been a vendor here for years and says he has never seen it so empty.

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