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Leslie Berestein Rojas
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Former Immigrant Communities Correspondent
Stories by Leslie Berestein Rojas
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Since 2005, the federal-local partnership known as "287(g)" has allowed sheriff's deputies to act as federal agents when they interrogate inmates in LA County jails.
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Since 2005, the program known as 287(g) has allowed trained sheriff's deputies to act as immigration agents in county jails.
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Artesia, which has a strong South Asian presence, has launched its own relief efforts. City council members will consider directing city funds to a donation pool.
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Groups that serve diverse immigrant groups are part of a DWP grant program that does outreach on water conservation.
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Boyle Heights residents halted the MTA's plan to develop the historic plaza, but an apartment building slipped under their radar, and will soon break ground nearby.
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As the genocide's 100th anniversary approaches, the memory of the killings in 1915 is still vivid for Armenian-Americans whose ancestors survived generations ago.
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The practice of allowing immigrants with criminal records to stay in the U.S. has faced growing scrutiny.
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There are more than 50,000 street vendors in LA. They say their trade needs to be legalized, so that police can't cite them and confiscate their carts.
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The rate of home ownership peaked before the recession and has been falling since. Experts say credit is too tight.
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Charly Keunang spoke to his sister and mother the day before he was killed, according to a family spokesman. They didn't know he was homeless. They may sue the police.
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Immigration officials say the man shot and killed by police on Skid Row was a Cameroon national who had been ordered deported.
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Some are skeptical about who will receive the benefit of changes in U.S.-Cuba relations. Others welcome the ability to send money home or, yes, bring home some Cuban cigars.
