Parents of 545 children separated at border can’t be found

The children were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents.

Border Patrol arrests nearly 50 undocumented immigrants in Phoenix

Helicopter video showed dozens of people being lined up in an alleyway and taken into white vans near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road.

Appeals court allows Trump to end temporary protected status for immigrants

A Los Angeles civil rights group blasted a federal appeals court ruling today that allows the Trump administration to end the temporary protected status of at least 300,000 immigrants who live and work in the United States.  

ICE: LA's new 'sanctuary' policy hampers enforcement

L.A. County's "misguided" policy of refusing to turn jailed immigrants over to federal authorities is hampering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's efforts to protect the public, an agency official said Friday.

'People in Los Angeles will die': DHS asks Sheriff Villanueva to rethink new sanctuary policy

A top official with the Department of Homeland Security said that Sheriff Alex Villanueva's new policy banning the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department from turning over any undocumented immigrants who commit crimes to ICE, no matter the severity of the crime, will result in the deaths of innocent people.

Biden says border wall construction will stop if he’s elected president

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that while he won’t tear down President Trump’s much-touted wall along the United States’ southern border with Mexico, he also won’t continue construction of the barrier if he’s elected president in November.

Supreme Court denies request to halt construction of the border wall

A number of groups, including the ACLU and Sierra Club, had asked the high court to get involved again after the justices last year cleared the way for the administration to use military funds for construction while the case played out in the courts.

Trump administration won't accept new DACA applications

The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.

International students at Southern California universities sue over new visa rules

Attorneys for seven international university students studying in Orange and Los Angeles counties sued the Trump administration Friday, alleging that new rules on foreign student visas makes them "pawns in a political drama."

ICE Citizen Academy causing uproar in Chicago, has been going on in Los Angeles - for years

It’s called the ICE Citizen Academy, which has caused quite the stir in Chicago. Immigration advocates are calling it an attempt to train people to snitch on undocumented immigrants.

Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5B for border wall

A federal appeals court ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico.

DACA Dreamers join Black Lives Matter rally to share important message

With over 80 thousand Dreamers estimated just in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, you know the Supreme Court’s decision not to dismantle DACA would reverberate in the city.

Supreme Court rejects President Trump’s bid to end DACA

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.

Border Patrol agent, 26, found dead along New Mexico trail

A U.S. Border Patrol agent on duty in a remote part of New Mexico was found dead last week, federal authorities confirmed Saturday.

LA County joins lawsuits to support refugees, immigrant students

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to support lawsuits against the Trump administration's moves to make it harder for refugees to resettle in the U.S. and to deny COVID-19 relief funds to students living in the country illegally.

Largest yet: $1.3 billion contract awarded for border wall

Trump has promised to build 450 miles of wall along the border with Mexico by the end of the year. So far, the government has awarded millions of dollars in contracts for construction of 30-foot-tall barriers, along with new lighting, technology, and infrastructure. The Trump administration says it has already built 187 miles of wall. Some of it is new, but most is replacing old, much shorter barriers that officials say were not sufficient.