California to protect health benefits for young immigrants

A new law scheduled to take effect in January 2024 would extend those benefits to cover all adults who, but for their immigration status, would qualify for the state’s Medicaid program.

Citizenship no longer required for LA County jobs

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of allowing Los Angeles County to waive citizenship requirements for government jobs.

California man who served 25 years poised to be deported to Cambodia

Phoeun You, who served a 25-year-sentence at San Quentin, is now slated to be deported back to Cambodia, despite the pleas of activists who say he has changed his life for the better.

UCLA grad goes viral for TikTok video on expectations on first-generation immigrants

“I feel trapped and betrayed by my own culture and my own family. I am the retirement fund, college fund for my younger siblings and I feel trapped," 27-year-old Thea Pham said in a TikTok video that has gone viral.

California immigration detention facility near empty

The immigration facility in Adelanto can house nearly 2,000 migrants facing deportation, but these days it's nearly empty.

California becomes first state to cover health care for all immigrants

California is now the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.

Supreme Court allows Biden to end Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.

Death toll rises to 51 after migrants found in abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas

Dozens of people were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer on a remote road in San Antonio. Sixteen others were hospitalized, including four children.

46 people found dead, 16 hospitalized after tractor-trailer containing migrants found in Texas

Officials said 46 people have been found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio.

DACA 10-year anniversary sparks renewed push for passage of the Dream Act

Immigration advocates and organizations fighting for Dreamers will be using the anniversary to create a renewed push for Congress to pass the Dream Act.

Summit of the Americas: Biden lauds democratic unity despite no-shows

President Joe Biden says democracy is an “essential ingredient” for the Western Hemisphere's future, an implicit rebuttal to leaders from around the world who boycotted the Summit of the Americas because authoritarians were not invited.

CBP: Woman tried to cross border with condom filled with fentanyl pills in her vaginal cavity

A woman was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 0.006 pounds of fentanyl that was wrapped inside a condom the woman placed inside her vaginal cavity.  

Big border-crossing tunnel found linking Tijuana, San Diego

U.S. authorities on Monday announced the discovery of an underground smuggling tunnel on Mexico’s border, running the length of a football field on U.S. soil to a warehouse in an industrial area.

Big border-crossing tunnel found linking Tijuana, San Diego
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U.S. authorities found an underground smuggling tunnel on Mexico’s border, running the length of a football field on U.S. soil to a warehouse in an industrial area.