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Leslie Berestein Rojas
she/her/ella
Former Immigrant Communities Correspondent
Stories by Leslie Berestein Rojas
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Most Haitians had been protected from deportation after that country’s devastating earthquake in January 2010, but those protections are being lifted.
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A new report finds that the number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. has stayed roughly the same since 2009 and dropped a little in California. But the countries they are coming from have shifted.
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Art galleries in Boyle Heights are drawing community objections, but at least one gallery director asks that not all art spaces be painted with the same brush.
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Los Angeles County officials will draft an ordinance to license local immigration consultants as a way of better regulating them.
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A bill headed to the governor’s office would require state health officials to collect data on 10 subgroups now labeled broadly as Asian or Pacific Islander.
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More than 1,000 Syrian refugees have been resettled in California since last October when the U.S. began accepting migrants fleeing the war in their homeland.
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A new proposal would allow foreigners who have invested in a U.S. startup and hold at least a 15 percent stake to receive temporary residency here.
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A state bill that would bar cities and counties from contracting with for-profit prison operators to hold immigrant detainees clears the Assembly.
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A state bill that would bar California cities and counties from contracting with private prisons for immigrant detention is set for a vote next week.
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At Supermercado Brazil, a tiny Brazilian grocery store in Culver City, Mariana Pinheiro watched the opening ceremonies on Friday afternoon from her computer at the counter.
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More affordable housing has helped draw Pacific Islanders to the Inland Empire, away from areas closer to the coast where gang violence has caused some to leave.
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Reported hate crimes in Orange County rose slightly overall in the last year, a trend also seen statewide.