Melissa Gomez is an enterprise reporter on the State Team who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2018. She reports on a range of news and issues, with a special focus on the Central Valley. She previously covered education and the 2020 presidential campaign at The Times. A native Floridian, she graduated from the University of Florida.
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Asian American leaders on Thursday rallied their communities to speak out against the federal immigration sweeps that have largely targeted Latino neighborhoods, warning that areas frequented by Asian immigrants could be next.
Faith leaders from across the Los Angeles region marched to the Federal Building on Wednesday night, calling for an end to the federal immigration raids they say are tearing apart communities.
As the crucial summer harvest season gets underway in California, farmers and their workers say they feel whiplashed by a series of contradictory signals about how the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration might affect them.
Community organizers say at least 35 people were arrested as federal immigration agents swept through Ventura County farms and packinghouses this week.
Alarm spread through California agricultural centers Tuesday as panicked workers reported that federal immigration authorities were showing up at farm fields and packinghouses from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley.
Glendale announces it will end its agreement to hold immigration detainees captured by ICE amid mounting friction over raids in Los Angeles.
El sábado por la mañana estalló un enfrentamiento que duró horas entre manifestantes y agentes de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos en un Home Depot en Paramount.
An hours-long standoff between protesters and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents erupted Saturday morning near a Home Depot in Paramount.
Glendale City Council members defended the contract this week, saying the 2007 agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in compliance with state law.
Trump’s revoking of Chinese students’ visas is the latest in a effort to quickly remake higher education in America, a controversial project that has roiled academia.