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‘Astounding ignorance of the law’: Civil rights groups slam DeVos for saying schools can report undocumented students

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-23T08:58:44+00:00 May 23rd, 2018|Education, Immigration|

Civil rights groups slammed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for saying Tuesday that schools can decide whether to report undocumented students to immigration enforcement officials, saying her statements conflict with the law and could raise fears among immigrant students.

DeVos’s answers came during testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Rep. Adriano Espaillat

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New ‘zero tolerance’ immigration crackdown fills border courts

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-18T09:22:11+00:00 May 18th, 2018|Immigration, Police & Community|

The crowded courtroom reeked of stale sweat, and 92 immigrants filled all five benches, leaving standing room only for visitors and court personnel.

“It’s packed in there,” said one of a dozen guards and deputy marshals stationed at the courtroom this week. “This

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In Trump era, LAPD strengthens bonds with immigrants here illegally

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-17T09:19:13+00:00 May 17th, 2018|Immigration, Police & Community|

Al Labrada recalls the terror he felt as a young boy each time he rode from Los Angeles to San Diego on a Greyhound bus and passed through an immigration checkpoint.

Born in Mexico City, he had crossed the border illegally when he

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Father arrested at gunpoint by ICE officers with riot shield

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-09T09:57:21+00:00 May 9th, 2018|Immigration, Police & Community|

A father who had previously been removed from the U.S. was arrested Tuesday in his home after immigration officers pried open the back door with a crowbar and entered with guns drawn and carrying a riot shield.

Alberto Alonso Hernandez, 31, was targeted

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Santa Clarita sides with Trump over California’s sanctuary policy

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-09T09:52:21+00:00 May 9th, 2018|Immigration, Police & Community|

SANTA CLARITA — The debate over California’s immigration laws flared in Santa Clarita whose five-member City Council voted unanimously to file an amicus brief against California’s so-called sanctuary law, supporting the federal lawsuit against the state by the Trump administration.

Santa Clarita could become the first city in Los Angeles County to officially oppose SB 54,

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Children are likely to be separated from parents illegally crossing the border under new Trump administration policy

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-08T09:31:34+00:00 May 8th, 2018|Immigration, Police & Community|

All immigrants who cross the border illegally will be charged with a crime under a new “zero tolerance” border enforcement policy, Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions said Monday, launching a crackdown that could overwhelm already-clogged detention facilities and immigration courts with hundreds of thousands of new cases.

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Migrants, young and old, are not always related. Border Patrol says fear of child trafficking forces separations

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-08T09:30:22+00:00 May 8th, 2018|Immigration|

Border Patrol agents found the man walking a little boy up a dirt road north of the Rio Grande near Mission, Texas, with eight other Central American migrants.

The pair wore matching blue-striped polo shirts.

Ely Fernandez explained that he was a taxi driver who had fled San Pedro Sula, a notoriously dangerous city in northern Honduras.

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Children likely to be separated from parents under new border enforcement policy

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-07T09:34:31+00:00 May 7th, 2018|Immigration|

The Trump administration on Monday will unveil a new, tougher border enforcement policy to stem the flow of illegal crossings.

The crackdown, which took effect last week and will be formally announced later Monday, will mean that parents bringing children over the border illegally will likely be separated if caught, according to an official at the

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Sanctuary state fight at local level may be more orchestrated than organic

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-03T09:04:31+00:00 May 3rd, 2018|Immigration, Intergroup Relations|

With California and the Trump administration locked in a legal battle over immigration policies, a state Republican leader and an illegal immigration critic are quietly offering to help communities fight the state’s new “sanctuary” law.

County officials are scheduled to

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Texas, six other states sue Trump administration to force an end to DACA

By Carmen Chandler| 2018-05-02T11:44:48+00:00 May 2nd, 2018|Education, Immigration|

Texas and six other states are suing the Trump administration over its failure to terminate an Obama-era program that provides work permits to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.

The lawsuit signals growing GOP frustration with

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