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Leslie Berestein Rojas
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Former Immigrant Communities Correspondent
Stories by Leslie Berestein Rojas
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Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions set a higher bar for victims of what’s referred to as “private violence” – such as domestic or gang violence.
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A federal judge in Sacramento rejected the Trump administration's argument that S.B. 54, the state sanctuary law, impedes immigration agents from doing their jobs.
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The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement will provide immigration officials with information on sponsors who could take in children separated from their parents at the border.
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A federal judge in San Diego on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the border within 30 days.
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One of the mothers filing the suit is being held at an immigration facility in Irvine. She and her 16-year-old daughter were separated after crossing the border.
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The National Cemetery in LA hosts an annual commemoration of fallen soldiers. This year representatives of 30 other countries attended to mark their dead too.
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If DACA court rulings and changing rules have you scratching your head, you're not alone. Here's where the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program stands now.
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The White House billed the meeting as one to "discuss shared efforts to end the nullification of federal law and restore community safety.”
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The Trump administration announced last week that adults caught crossing the border illegally will be prosecuted, and families will be separated.
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The crackdown on illegal entries by families will have an impact in places like Los Angeles, home to a large community of Central Americans where many aim to settle.
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California ICE arrests other than those occurring in the community went from 12,705 in fiscal year 2015 to 14,259 in fiscal year 2017.
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The march's organizers say that the march is to "urge Angelenos to fight back attacks on workers, families, and communities by the Trump Administration."
