Leslie Berestein Rojas

The Christian Armenian refugees were accepted into a U.S. program for persecuted religious minorities, but then President Trump's travel ban, followed by an unexplained denial of their applications, left them stranded in Vienna.

Until about a year ago, plans were moving forward to include a category in the 2020 census referred to as MENA, for "Middle Eastern or North African." It would have allowed a more accurate count of Americans of Arabic, Persian and other Middle Eastern or North African descent, who are now counted only as "white.

The U.S. census does not have a way to categorize those of Americans of Arabic, Persian and other Middle Eastern or North African descent. In previous censuses, many have identified as "white."

While the Trump administration wants to speed up deportations, the government shutdown had the opposite effect, forcing the cancellation of thousands of hearings.

President Trump wants to speed deportations, but the partial government shutdown worsened the situation in the already-clogged immigration courts.

Immigration courts reopened Monday after a five-week government shutdown, during which thousands of hearings were postponed.

In the migrant camps are many children trying to make sense of what’s happening.

Community advocates say the Trump administration may be negotiating with Vietnam to take back thousands of refugees who came to the U.S. decades ago.

The backlog of pending cases in immigration court nationally and in Los Angeles has spiked by nearly 50 percent since the start of fiscal year 2017.

The case backlog has jumped by nearly 50 percent in the past two years both locally and nationally.

Certain no-vending zones have been designated, and vendors who've long done business in these areas say they're disappointed.

After years of debate, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to legalize street vending, allowing vendors to get permits to operate.