California officials say last summer's immigration raids and subsequent protests around Los Angeles ‒ some of which had turned violent ‒ cost more than $1 billion in lost productivity, sales and wages ...

Agents arrested about five times as many people who did not appear to have criminal records in the first nine months of 2025 ...

California has borne the brunt of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, leading the nation with a sharp decline in international migration, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. The ...

The Eastern District is taking these cases very seriously,” said a senior staff attorney with ACLU of Northern California.

A proposed law, the Masuma Khan Justic Act, would fine immigration detention facilities that fail to meet basic health and ...

California Democrats introduced legislation to restore Medi-Cal for all income-qualifying residents of any age, including undocumented immigrants. Gov. Newsom scaled back that program because of state ...

A federal judge Monday blocked California from enforcing a new state law that bans law enforcement officials, including federal agents, from wearing masks and face covering on duty. U.S. District ...

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"ICE can deny wrongdoing, but the reality remains the same: Alberto Gutierrez Reyes died while in their custody," Los Angeles ...

An individual is walked in handcuffs by federal authorities into a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office in the John E. Moss federal building in downtown Sacramento on Wednesday, June 11, ...