Topic: Immigration

LA immigration activist case highlights ICE discretion

Leslie Berestein Rojas | June 09, 09:01 AM A judge ordered Immigrant rights activist Claudia Rueda released from detention but her deportation case is moving forward as supporters push officials to drop it.

Immigration focus remains on border, not visa overstays

Leslie Berestein Rojas | Thu June 08

People who arrived in the U.S. legally on temporary visas are believed to make up more than 40 percent of the unauthorized immigrant population.

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Labor Department officials plan worker visa fraud crackdown

Leslie Berestein Rojas | Wed June 07

The move recalls Southern California cases of alleged visa abuses, but Asian community advocates say it's an anti-immigrant move.

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New app to help detained immigrants — in 5 languages

Leslie Berestein Rojas | Thu June 01

A Korean-American group based in Los Angeles has partnered with volunteer developers to create a smartphone app for unauthorized immigrants stopped by authorities.

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Immigration agents arrest nearly 200 in LA-area raids

AP | Thu May 25

Immigration agents arrested nearly 200 people suspected of being in the country illegally in a five-day raid in the Los Angeles area, authorities said Thursday.

Proposed federal budget slips in penalty for 'sanctuary cities'

Leslie Berestein Rojas | Thu May 25

Buried in President Trump’s proposed federal budget is language that would cut some funding to governments that don't comply with immigration agents.

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LA earmarks $1M for immigrant defense, but debate's not over

Leslie Berestein Rojas | Tue May 23

The budget earmarks $1 million this year for the legal defense fund, but city officials must still approve policy details, including who benefits.

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Assembly passes bill to bar landlords from reporting immigrants

Sophia Bollag | AP | Mon May 22

A bill passed Monday by the state Assembly would regulate how landlords and private business owners interact with federal immigration agents.

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