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Migrants are essential to California, Gustavo Arellano writes, but are also seen as expendable. Those who died are forgotten cogs of the Golden State machine.
Yesenia Magali Melendrez Cardona told her father she wanted to follow in his footsteps in the U.S. On Tuesday, she was among those killed in a gruesome crash near the U.S.-Mexico border.
A hospital said an immigrant’s hands may be amputated after he was found in the winter storm. Border Patrol told him he’d be sent back home, but he is now expected to stay in the U.S.
The U.S. has started processing small groups of asylum seekers from the ‘Remain in Mexico’ program, but thousands others still await entry.
The Santa Ana High School student will study biology in the fall of 2021. But first she had to help her father get out of an immigration detention center.
President Biden lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States.
Extending a temporary order, a federal judge indefinitely bans the Biden administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.
Agents found the huge haul of cocaine in a secret compartment. Earlier, agents found over 20 pounds of meth in connection with a traffic stop on the 15.
For decades, poets without legal status were excluded from prizes. A group called Undocupoets changed that — and then founded a prize of its own.
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Thousands stuck for months in Ciudad Juárez await new chance at U.S. entry
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it would use inclusive language, including dropping the use of “illegal alien,” a term with a fraught history in California.
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While Biden’s deportation pause is challenged in court, he directs ICE to focus on ‘significant threats,’ such as suspected terrorists and felons.
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The government sets limits on prosecuting crimes and civil infractions. Congress should do the same for longtime U.S. residents who are American in all ways except their papers.
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Democratic lawmakers will introduce a broad immigration reform bill that Biden touted on his first day in office, part of a years-long effort.
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A handful of high-profile women who are sanctuary beneficiaries and activists face hefty fines assessed by the Trump White House. They want them rescinded.
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Immigrant advocates have yet to receive a response about how and when the vaccine will be delivered to ICE facilities.
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More people want to come to this country than the U.S. can admit. So we need long-term solutions, not temporary fixes like the Dream Act.
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After Trump forced some 70,000 asylum seekers back into Mexico to await U.S. court dates. Officials are set to start processing them in California and Texas next week.
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A filing with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the killing of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas says systemic issues allow U.S. agents to kill with impunity.
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Mexican authorities arrest 12 Tamaulipas state police officers in the killing of 19 people whose bodies were found near the U.S. border last month.
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Mayorkas is the first Latino to serve as Homeland Security secretary. He is sure to face political battles over immigration and border security.
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The Biden administration has already deported hundreds of people despite a campaign pledge to halt such moves early.
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Biden on Tuesday will establish a task force to reunite separated families, but officials say his early executive actions on immigration remain constrained by Trump’s.
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Trump separated families. But Obama broke his promise to pass immigration reform. Biden’s opening executive actions are promising, but will he disappoint too?
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The potentially accelerated opening in parts of Southern California, including Orange County, is possible thanks to a revamp of California’s coronavirus reopening blueprint.
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It’s OK to have small, maskless gatherings indoors if everyone is vaccinated, but the CDC still warns against nonessential travel.
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There are a number of things that could go wrong in California’s quest to put an end to the pandemic.
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COVID-19 vaccines are now being administered to healthcare workers in the U.S. What are your questions about the timeline, the safety or the science?
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Coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic and health news.
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Oprah Winfrey’s sit-down with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex lays bare Britain’s divides over race, class and culture.
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Meghan and Harry spoke about a family member’s fears that their son might be ‘too brown.’ On Monday, Oprah revealed who they weren’t talking about.
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Tom Girardi and his firm were sued more than a hundred times between the 1980s and last year, with at least half of those cases asserting misconduct in his law practice. Yet, Girardi’s record with the State Bar of California remained pristine.
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Oprah Winfrey’s highly anticipated interview with Prince Harry and wife Meghan was the most-watched nonsports program since 2020’s Oscars telecast.
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Random Dodger things we have learned so far in spring training.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State address on Tuesday will come just hours before the effort to force a recall election wraps up its signature drive.
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