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California teen leads lawsuit to keep hundreds of thousands of immigrants in U.S.

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Farida Jhabvala Romero | KQED | A California teen has become an outspoken advocate to preserve Temporary Protected Status, becoming the lead plaintiff in a landmark class-action lawsuit.

Fears stir in Vietnamese community over refugee deportations

Leslie Berestein Rojas |

Community advocates say the Trump administration may be negotiating with Vietnam to take back thousands of refugees who came to the U.S. decades ago.

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Can anything fix the immigration court backlog?

Leslie Berestein Rojas |

The backlog of pending cases in immigration court nationally and in Los Angeles has spiked by nearly 50 percent since the start of fiscal year 2017.

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Street vending to be legal in most of LA, but not everywhere

Leslie Berestein Rojas |

Certain no-vending zones have been designated, and vendors who've long done business in these areas say they're disappointed.

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Los Angeles finally adopts plan to legalize street vending

Leslie Berestein Rojas |

After years of debate, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to legalize street vending, allowing vendors to get permits to operate.

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Los Angeles groups make plans to aid asylum seekers

Leslie Berestein Rojas |

In the Los Angeles area, groups serving Central American immigrants are working with legal advocates to plan how to help any asylum seekers.

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Have Latino voters have turned a corner in voter turnout?

Leslie Berestein Rojas |

A new UCLA study suggests that turnout among Southern California's Latino voters jumped in the Nov. 6 midterm election over 2014.

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Feds blame minor errors for immigration court confusion

Leslie Berestein Rojas |

The nation’s immigration courts are already dealing with a backlog of more than 760,000 pending cases. But things got even messier this week in L.A. and elsewhere.

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