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 ...

Big losses in state and federal courts force California to revoke thousands of non-domiciled CDLs and scramble to keep ...

In an image from video, Jose Castillo is detained by U.S. Border Patrol officers at the Florin Road Home Depot in south Sacramento on July 17, 2025. Castillo’s wife Andrea said he is a U.S. citizen ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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

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

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 ...