Surge in Latino homeless population ‘a whole new phenomenon’ for Los Angeles

Arthur Morais, 41, prays before bedding down for the night at a facility that offers shelter for the homeless in Los Angeles.

A cot is carried in over the heads of homeless men bedding down for the night in Los Angeles.

Darrin Pegram, 48, right, prepares his cot for the night at a facility that offers shelter for the homeless in Los Angeles, on June 6, 2017. Arthur Morais, 41, left, from Brazil, has been homeless for four years with an expired tourist visa. Most of the homeless at the facility are undocumented.

Gelacio Barraza, 42, gives Stephanie Robledo, 27, right, a hug of support while her boyfriend Mario Salazar, 27, looks on in Los Angeles. Robledo has been homeless, on and off, for six years and Salazar has been homeless for the past two years.

Gelacio Barraza, 42, right, joins other homeless men for a meal at a facility that offers shelter to the homeless in Los Angeles on June 6, 2017. Barraza, lives homeless in Los Angeles as he ministers to the needy.

Timoteo Arevalos, 55, waits for a bus in Boyle Heights, on June 6, 2017. Arevalos, who has been homeless for a few months now, spends his evenings in Pico Rivera, where he sleeps under a stairwell. His possessions are held in a storage unit in Pico Rivera where he can gather blankets for the evening and a change of clothes.

An employee, second from right, watches as homeless men, most who are undocumented, make their way into a facility for a free meal in Los Angeles.

Timoteo Arevalos, 55, second from left, rides the bus from Boyle Heights to Pico Rivera.