Andrea Castillo covers immigration. Before joining the Los Angeles Times, she covered immigrant, ethnic and LGBTQ+ communities for the Fresno Bee. She got her start at the Oregonian in Portland. A native of Seattle, she’s been making her way down the West Coast since her graduation from Washington State University.
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Arrivals at the border are the lowest they’ve been since incoming President Trump first left office in 2021.
The bill would require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are suspected of minor theft and cede some federal immigration enforcement power to states.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expanding the special legislative session in California from strictly fighting President-elect Trump in court, with a request for lawmakers to spend at least $2.5 billion for wildfire response as fires rage in Los Angeles County.
Dozens have been arrested in the heavily agricultural Kern County during a multiple-day operation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
An internal draft memo obtained by The Times shows the California Department of Social Services is considering building regional hubs to coordinate support for undocumented immigrants.
The U.S. is one of more than 30 countries with unrestricted birthright citizenship. Trump said in a recent interview that he plans to revoke the right.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was injured while on a congressional trip to Luxembourg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
Padilla and other Latino senators sent President Biden a letter asking him to redesignate eligible countries for Temporary Protected Status and speed up processing of DACA applications.
‘Honestly, they should go to jail,’ Trump said of elected officials who led the Jan. 6 investigation in a Sunday interview with NBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’
Laphonza Butler, 1st LGBTQ+ Black U.S. senator, exits office as Democrats question identity politics
Butler, appointed to the U.S. Senate by California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the death of Dianne Feinstein, leaves office after 14 months as Rep. Adam B. Schiff is sworn in Monday.