Andrea Castillo covers immigration. Before joining the Los Angeles Times, she covered immigrant, ethnic and LGBTQ+ communities for the Fresno Bee. She got her start at the Oregonian in Portland. A native of Seattle, she’s been making her way down the West Coast since her graduation from Washington State University.
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The high court ruled the Trump administration may use a wartime law to deport alleged members of a foreign crime gang, as long as the government’s claim can be challenged.
The Department of Homeland Security takes steps that it says will allow for the immediate construction of about 2.5 miles of a new border barrier in California.
With the U.S. rebuffing would-be asylum seekers, shelters in Tijuana are no longer full. But some migrants now say they might try to enter the U.S. illegally.
Trump’s immigration crackdown has slowed migrant crossings to a near halt. Humanitarian aid groups, with few people to serve, are closing down operations at the border.
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was among a delegation of senators who visited the migrant detention operation at Guantanamo.
Altadena families say they have been living at a fire-damaged apartment complex without gas or power. A legal consultant for the management company disputed those allegations.
The couple, who live in Washington, D.C., have temporary deportation protections and pending asylum claims. Advocates say the case could set legal precedent.
Trump repeated false claims he made on the campaign trail, including that Biden secretly flew migrants into the U.S. and that many immigrants are violent criminals.
Then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Values Act into law in 2017, limiting state and local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration agents.
Immigrant rights groups raise alarms over plan to make all immigrants who do not have legal status, including children, provide personal information and fingerprints.