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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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.
Advocates on the scene said the Border Patrol raid in Kern County last month indiscriminately targeted Latino farmworkers commuting from the fields and day laborers soliciting work in the parking lots of big box stores.
About 350,000 Venezuelans are set to lose their legal protections and work permits by April 7.
President Trump often rails about illegal immigration, but some of his executive orders aim to eliminate or undermine legal pathways for immigration.