Leslie Berestein Rojas

More than 500,000 cases are pending in federal immigration courts, the most ever recorded. Not enough judges and more Central America migration are contributing to the backlog.

Over 100 men and women were arrested this week in Southern California in an ongoing effort to deport those with criminal records.

A San Diego County congressman wants to tighten requirements for H-1B visas that allow highly skilled foreigners to take jobs that companies say they can't fill with U.S. workers.

Parents of young Southern Californians killed in encounters with unauthorized immigrants blamed illegal immigration for their deaths at the GOP convention Monday.

With low-cost legal help in short supply, immigrants are taught to serve as their own lawyers, even while some question such support.

L.A. County's growing homeless population includes immigrants who came to the United States to earn a better living but have been squeezed by high rents and low pay.

African-American parents have long had the "driving while black" talk with their kids. Recent officer-involved deaths of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and the Dallas sniper deaths of five police officers make the conversations even more complicated.

Police officers across Southern California are wearing black bands across their badges to mourn the deaths of five of their colleagues in Dallas.

Despite a Supreme Court ruling freezing President Obama's plan to grant work permits to certain unauthorized immigrants, some find they can work within the law.

SoCal Muslim groups always do charity work during the holy month of Ramadan. This year they called attention to it as a way to combat negative stereotypes.

Snapshots of celebrations in South Gate and Monterey Park, among the many local places that immigrants and their children call home.

Unauthorized immigrants with American children say a favorable high court decision could protect them from deportation and provide work permits.