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Immigration enforcement and protests
Full coverage of reaction in Southern California to Trump's immigration policies.
Axel Pecero was arrested by federal immigration officials last summer. He chose to voluntarily leave the U.S. in hopes he can be reunited with his son in a few years.
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Undocumented immigrants and mixed-status families are learning how to assert themselves — and prepare for worst-case scenarios. -
Broadly speaking, California law requires minors to attend school, but it also protects students’ rights to speak out. -
Video footage can be used to keep government employees accountable.
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Experts say preparing a plan with your family is essential in the event of an emergency. Here’s how to coordinate childcare, find legal services and gather vital documents. -
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The New American Initiative offers assistance with DACA renewals, green card applications and citizenship classes.
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Organizers rallied at MacArthur Park and other events around Southern California under the banner, “Solo El Publo Shuts it Down.”
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Southern California and national organizers are calling on the community to abstain from work, school and shopping Friday.
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Immigrants rights groups say the federal government has a constitutional duty to care for the people in its custody.
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Day laborer centers were hit hard by ICE raids. Advocates say $1M of the city’s budget is not enoughAdvocates are asking for a total of $3 million for the seven day laborer centers, arguing that $1 million does not cover the “growing needs of the community.”
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Several claims and a lawsuit could push the price tag even higher as the city reckons with a $16 million budget gap.
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Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October. Facilities in Texas and California are the deadliest.
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Los Jornaleros Del Norte play protest songs whose lyrics reflect the hopes and struggles of undocumented workers as they evade immigration agents patrolling the streets.
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Jonathan Caravello, a philosophy lecturer at Cal State Channel Islands, was arrested while protesting a raid at a licensed cannabis farm in Ventura county last summer.
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Jonathan Caravello was arrested while protesting a raid at a licensed cannabis farm in Ventura County.
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Publicly available data also shows the number of people being held at the facility near Victorville has tripled since last fiscal year.
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New federal data shows ICE arrested more than 14,000 people in the L.A. area in 2025.
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He is the fifth person to have died either while in custody at the facility or from health complications linked to its conditions
