A man who fled as an immigration raid unfolded at a Home Depot in Southern California was killed when he ran onto a freeway as federal agents moved in, local officials said.

Mayor Karen Bass was joined by other local leaders in Los Angeles to reiterate their call for the end of what they have described as "discriminatory and reckless" immigration raids across the area. Bass has been an outspoken voice for the immigrant community in LA and has taken a stand against what she calls "unlawful raids from federal agencies."

The immigration worksite raids in June and the smaller number of street-level stops in the following weeks have not brought Los Angeles to a standstill. But it is a city diminished.

More than 500,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School District began a new school year Thursday with concerns and fear amid the ongoing immigration raids.

Some undocumented mothers in Los Angeles told CBS News they are unwilling to risk sending their children to school at all.