California, ICE and immigration raids
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The United Farm Workers confirmed a farmworker's death after immigration raids at Glass House Farms, where authorities found illegal immigrant minors.
A federal judge in California issued two restraining orders blocking federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from conducting random detentions of people in Los Angeles and denying access to legal advice.
The judge said there was "a mountain of evidence" that federal agents had arrested people solely based on characteristics such as race, employment and accent.
Immigrant workers are central to recovery efforts in neighborhoods burned in the January wildfires, but recent raids have led some to stay home.
Mistaken reports of ICE raids are stoking fear, troubling law enforcement across Southern California
Societal paranoia’ is prompting people to see immigration enforcement where there is none, an expert says. Even Disneyland is not immune.
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The ACLU of California has filed a class-action lawsuit against DHS demanding an immediate halt to what it describes as unlawful ICE raids across the Los Angeles area targeting migrants with "brown skin.
President Donald Trump has granted federal immigration agents "total authorization" to defend themselves following clashes with protesters during a recent enforcement operation at a cannabis farm in California.
As word spread among Catholics that immigration agents were visiting places of worship to carry out deportations, the pews inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles became less and less crowded.