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Leslie Berestein Rojas
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Former Immigrant Communities Correspondent
Stories by Leslie Berestein Rojas
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The approval came on a 13-0 vote by the City Council on Wednesday. The idea had been working its way through City Hall for years.
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In the Los Angeles area, groups serving Central American immigrants are working with legal advocates to plan how to help any asylum seekers.
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Researchers say Latinos cast more ballots this time around and their influence is showing.
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A new UCLA study suggests that turnout among Southern California's Latino voters jumped in the Nov. 6 midterm election over 2014.
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The nation’s immigration courts are already dealing with a backlog of more than 760,000 pending cases. But things got even messier this week in L.A. and elsewhere.
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Trial begins Monday in an anti-affirmative action lawsuit that alleges Harvard University’s race-conscious admissions process discriminates against Asian students.
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Trial begins Monday in a lawsuit challenging Harvard's 'race-conscious' admissions program.
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The Trump administration has cut the number of refugees allowed into the country and that hits close to home for one Anaheim man.
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Refugee admissions have slowed to a crawl as the Trump administration has lowered the ceiling for entries and imposed other restrictions.
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A Orange County judge has sided with the city of Huntington Beach in its argument that it should not have to abide by California’s so-called sanctuary law.
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Huntington Beach argued that because it's a charter city, it needn't abide by S.B. 54, the state sanctuary law. An Orange County judge agreed.
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Local officials say they're worried immigrant families could drop out of public medical, food or housing programs even if the rule does not affect them.
