California
The City Council’s 11-2 vote to confirm Jim McDonnell as the next LAPD chief came amid renewed scrutiny of his record on immigration enforcement as president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
World & Nation
Tom Homan, Trump’s former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border.
When Jim McDonnell was L.A. County sheriff, he allowed federal immigration authorities to target people for deportation in the nation’s largest jail system. Now, with Donald Trump returning to office and McDonnell set to lead the LAPD, some advocates are bracing for a fight.
Democrat Adam B. Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey share their approaches to border issues that affect the state and nation as they race to be California’s next U.S. senator.
Opinion
Despite disingenuous scapegoating by Donald Trump and others, research shows immigrants are good for American business, employment and productivity.
At stake in the long legal battle playing out is the future of about 535,000 ‘Dreamers’ who have long-established lives in the U.S.
Mexican authorities are using a simple but harsh tactic to deal with migrants trying to get to the U.S. They’re wearing them out until they give up.
The arrests took place in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, the individuals entering the U.S. through the southern border.
Trump warns he would kick out hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have entered the country under two Biden administration programs.
Politics
The president-elect named Thomas Homan, the former acting director of ICE, to be his “border czar.†Stephen Miller is expected to become deputy chief of staff.