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Immigration enforcement and protests
Full coverage of reaction in Southern California to Trump's immigration policies.
Andrea Pitzer, who’s studied concentration camps worldwide, reflects on the utility of using the phrase to describe what’s happening in the U.S.
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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. -
Experts urge honesty as ICE activity continues in L.A. -
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Community members are turning to traditional medicine, touch and ceremony to resist and recover.
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Francisco Urizar, 64, was detained by ICE while on his work route delivering tortillas. His daughter Nancy is trying to find out what happened to him.
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Advocates say popular gathering spots for Asian immigrants are seeing less foot traffic in the wake of ongoing immigration sweeps.
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L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn said the presence of federal immigration officers is causing “fear and anxiousness.”
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The complaint claims federal agents unnecessarily fired rubber bullets and pepper spray at anti-ICE protests.
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The pandemic, a rail project and then immigration sweets have all disrupted businesses over the last several years — but not the community’s spirit.
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President Donald Trump had a legitimate interest in protecting federal employees when he deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, an appeals court ruled.
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Though protests have waned in recent days, several hundred people gathered in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of Juneteenth to pray about and condemn the separation of families because of immigration raids.
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An LAist reporter saw people in tactical gear with their faces covered by masks on the road that leads to the Dodger Stadium downtown gate.
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More than $11 million has been spent on LAPD overtime alone.
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Critics say the department has a history of using horses to "charge" at people and batons to strike at them.
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Activists say Santa Ana needs to start acting like the "sanctuary city" it claims to be.
