L.A. City Council proposes measures to protect immigrants from Trump
The Los Angeles City Council will consider a series of proposals intended to protect immigrants from President Trump’s planned crackdowns.Among the five proposals to be…
Businesses close, children skip school for ‘a day without immigrants’
In Southern California and across the country on Monday, dozens of businesses nationwide closed, schools reported lower attendance and families put off trips to the…
California lawmakers approve millions for lawsuits against Trump
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s special session came to an end Monday after the California Legislature approved $50 million to fund court battles against the Trump administration…
Orange County once was an anti-immigrant hotbed. What changed?
For decades, I could count on my native Orange County to act against immigrants, legal and not, as regularly as the swallows returned to Capistrano.…
Trump’s orders have upended immigration. What legal routes remain?
Promising the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a dramatic series of executive orders and…
Immigration arrests in churches? Some clergy say not so fast
WASHINGTON — With the Trump administration declaring that immigration agents are now free to make arrests in places of worship, undeterred faith leaders in Southern California…
DOJ halts legal programs for immigrant detainees, cuts off advocates’ access
Lawyers providing detainees with basic legal information in federal immigration detention centers were shut out of facilities last week after the U.S. Department of Justice…
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, turn to faith amid deportation fears
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to…
Growing need for caregivers could collide with immigration crackdown
President Trump’s plans to overhaul immigration could reduce the ranks of workers who care for elderly and disabled people at home and in long-term care…
Community groups set up strike teams to respond to Trump’s mass deportation plans
In the early days of President Trump’s first administration, several Kern County organizations launched a tip line people could contact if they spotted immigration enforcement…
First illegal immigrant deportation flights take off on military aircraft
1 of 5 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection security agents guide a group of detainees aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the…
‘Fear is the point’: Immigrant rights groups brace for fight against Trump | Donald Trump News
Washington, DC – Immigrant rights groups have said they are digging in their heels and preparing for a protracted fight as the blueprint for United…
Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at school. Families weigh fears
SAN FRANCISCO — As President Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children…
‘Freaked out’: Fear, uncertainty grip California’s immigrant community as Trump rolls out crackdown plan
Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration.She came to the country without authorization when…
Trump’s order to cut off funding to sanctuary cities could threaten L.A. fire relief
As Los Angeles rebuilds from a devastating wildfire that destroyed swaths of Pacific Palisades, the city’s access to federal money could be imperiled by one…
Immigrant rights advocates prepare to fight Trump’s immigration orders
WASHINGTON — A day after President Trump issued 11 executive orders cracking down on illegal immigration, advocates and a coalition of states led by California…
California, other states sue to block Trump executive order on birthright citizenship
California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco sued the federal government Tuesday over President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship…
Trump signs orders to crack down on immigration, send troops to the border
WASHINGTON — President Trump took steps Monday to fundamentally and drastically change how the nation handles immigration, signing executive orders to revoke birthright citizenship, declare a…
Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law
WASHINGTON — Fresh off President Trump’s inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and…
Pope Francis calls Trump’s mass deportation plans ‘a disgrace’
ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S.…