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Immigration enforcement and protests
Full coverage of reaction in Southern California to Trump's immigration policies.
The detentions ignited sweeping marches and ongoing community activism.
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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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ICE detention centers are placing more people in solitary confinement. Some detainees say they’ve been put in isolation for asking for essentials.
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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.
