President-elect Donald Trump ushered in the new year in familiar fashion — using a news event in an attempt to build his case for tougher enforcement of the nation’s southern border, a change he said is crucial to stop violent criminals from flooding into the U.S. After a pickup truck driver mowed down dozens of […]
The United States has always been a nation of immigrants. And nowhere is that more true today than in California, where first-generation immigrants make up more than one-quarter of the population, more than in any other state. More than half of California, and 62% of L.A. County, is either foreign-born or has at least one […]
Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of carrying out the mass detention and deportation of immigrants. President Joe Biden spent most of his term widening the government’s ability to incarcerate and deport people; inflating the Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget by millions; increasing the number of beds in prisons; and expanding the use of private […]
Over the phone, Lena Gonzalez’s voice had the patient but proud tone of a lawyer charged with defending the damned. Her metaphorical client: The California Latino Legislative Caucus, which the Long Beach-area state senator heads. At 38 members strong, it’s one of the largest groups of its kind in the United States and has long […]
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers including California Sen. Alex Padilla are urging President Biden to take action now to protect immigrants with temporary legal statuses and work authorizations. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move quickly to crack down on immigrants once he takes office, including mass deportations. The lawmakers said during a news conference Wednesday that […]
An exhibition displays collaborations between Finnish jewelry makers and women from many nations who have come to the country.
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California farmers, who are some of the most ardent supporters of Donald Trump, would seem to be on a collision course with one of the president-elect’s most important campaign promises. Trump has pledged to carry out mass deportations of undocumented […]
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to execute mass deportations of immigrants in the U.S. illegally will involve the military and a national emergency declaration, he confirmed Monday. In a Nov. 8 post on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, Tom Fitton, who leads the conservative legal group Judicial Watch, wrote: “GOOD NEWS: Reports are the […]
With less than two weeks until election day, GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance has begun attacking immigrant children in multiple swing states. At rallies this week in Arizona and Nevada, Donald Trump’s running mate said that children whose parents are undocumented are ruining the “quality of American education.” Immigration has been a main focus […]
