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The Trump Administration on Friday restored a program that funds lawyers representing unaccompanied minors in immigration court, days after halting it with little explanation. via @racheluranga.bsky.social

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President Trump’s team is developing a deportation hub at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Texas, that could eventually hold up to 10,000 undocumented immigrants as they go through the process of being deported, according to three officials familiar with the plan.

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Venezuelans with temporary legal protections have sued the Trump administration over its decision to strip about 350,000 immigrants of their status by April 7.

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Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked. via @jackdolan.bsky.social

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Breaking News: The Trump administration today repatriated the 170+ Venezuelans it sent to Guantanamo Bay, emptied the migrant operation it hastily established earlier this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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“A lot of people like to think of Fresno State as a stepping stone,” he said. “But I think of it as a skyrocket.” via @danielnmiller.bsky.social

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“This is an immigrant city, and just the threat is enough to scare people,” said Mary Duan, spokesperson for Salinas City Elementary School District. “The specter of deportation is driving people underground.” Good story from @calmatters.org

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The Trump administration has promised to prioritize the “worst first” but the number of detainees in ICE custody without a criminal conviction or pending criminal charges increased by more than 1,800 in the first 2 weeks of February, representing 41% of the 4,422 total new detainees in that period.

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“This means that children are expected to show up in court, as of tomorrow, on their own, with no legal counsel, and try to defend themselves from deportation in an adversarial system." via @racheluranga.bsky.social

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His daughter has an ultra-rare genetic disorder. His push to treat it just hit a major milestone / @calmatters.org calmatters.org/health/2025/...

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The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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ICYMI: I wrote about L.A.'s Asian immigrant communities amid Trump's immigration policy changes. “Brown-looking people are perceived as permanent foreigners,.. As a consequence, they, too, may be wrapped up in a raid, only because they don’t look ‘American.’” www.latimes.com/california/s...

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While an estimated 79% of undocumented residents in L.A. County are natives of Mexico and Central America, Asian immigrants make up the second-largest group, constituting 16% of people in the county without legal authorization. via @melissagomez.bsky.social

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“El silencio no nos va a salvar. Siendo indocumentado, muchas veces sientes que no tienes voz, pero sí la tienes, y tienes que ser valiente", expresó Flor Martínez, la activista que emergió de los cultivos agrícolas para defender inmigrantes www.latimes.com/espanol/cali...

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“If it’s an apartment, a church, or building whatever it may be, we will call people to surround the place and stop them... united on the issue of defending migrants and immigrants.” via @racheluranga.bsky.social

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NEW: The Trump administration appears to be considering a plan to send detained migrants to the former Dublin 'rape club' prison: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Fresno County officials criticized a 2017 state law that prevents local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials and urged for reform or even litigation against the law. www.fresnobee.com/news/local/a...

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A line cook who no longer leaves her home in Santa Ana except for work. A dishwasher in San Gabriel Valley who confessed to his boss he was in the country without legal status and asked for help. Cindy Carcamo writes on plight of restaurant workers: www.latimes.com/food/story/2...

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All workers have the right to report unsafe working conditions, regardless of immigration status, but what happens in practice “is a completely different thing,” one expert said. By @primateyell.bsky.social & @rebeccaplevin.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

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New from me: Slapped on a scopolamine patch and spent 16 hours aboard a commercial Dungeness crab boat to learn more about the industry, which faces increasing uncertainty amid state regulations to protect humpback whales. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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ICYMI this weekend: Schools are the real front line in the nation's contentious battle over transgender athletes. Teens are caught smack in the middle. Their voices aren't always heard. Two trans teens talked to me about how hard it's been to navigate: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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SCOOP: Got hold of a document circulating in federal law enforcement circles showing a “large scale” immigration enforcement operation is planned for the L.A. area soon. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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San Francisco’s lawsuit aims to block the federal government from enforcing the directives, alleging they are unconstitutional and a violation of states’ rights, congressional spending authority and due process. via @hannahcwiley.bsky.social

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San Francisco sues Trump administration over crackdown on sanctuary cities www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Public reaction to the proposed geothermal-themed park was mixed. “I have knocked on thousands of doors, received hundreds of comments, hosted hundreds of meetings. And none of those meetings have I ever heard one community member say, you know, we need a monument to geothermal in Calipatria.”

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“The moment he gets rid of the legal protections, we are illegal.” Immigrants who fled war and other political or humanitarian crises are fearful that they could soon lose their temporary protected status in the U.S.: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

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The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into KCBS Radio after the San Francisco station broadcast information on the live locations of undercover U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in San Jose. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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7 of California’s 10 biggest warehouse projects may be coming to Riverside County https://buff.ly/4aPxPNf

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At a time when Fresno and other cities are pursuing “sanctuary city” policies or declaring that their police won’t help with federal deportation efforts, a Clovis leader sought to take the opposite approach and declare the city a “non-sanctuary.” www.fresnobee.com/news/local/a...

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Whatever happened to truth, justice and the American way? I've got a column today about Trump's wildfire lies, Musk's white nationalism and the climate crisis. They're all part of the same story. Democracy is in danger. Yes, @latimes.com let me write this: www.latimes.com/environment/...

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“It’s really unprecedented,” Christine Barker, the organization’s executive director, said in an interview. “And it’s a really sort of blunt force tool that seems to imagine human lives are just beams of steel on a worksite.” Via @melissa-myrna.bsky.social

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About one-third of the 21,000 students enrolled in one Central Valley school district did not show up to school Monday www.fresnobee.com/news/local/e...

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@eltimpano.bsky.social is heightening security measures to protect its sources and the immigrant communities it covers. For example, starting in January 2025, as a rule, El Tímpano will identify sources who are not public figures by first name and last initial, age and city of residence.

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In the contents of the boxes is a portrait of a community under pressure.

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In many large, popular parks, seasonal workers outnumber year-round permanent employees. “To me, it’s unfathomable that we would be able to run a large park without the seasonals,” said one supervising ranger. “They’re essential; they run the parks on an operational level.” @jackdolan.bsky.social

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One of California’s largest immigrant detention facilities is set to begin holding immigrants again now that a federal judge has lifted a pandemic-era court order that had reduced the population to just two detainees.

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The Trump administration is revamping the immigration system in ways that affect both legal and undocumented immigrants. With @jessicagarrison.bsky.social:

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Thanks to @ryan-fonseca.bsky.social for featuring my recent reporting on rapid-response networks in this morning's Essential California newsletter!

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President Donald Trump is once again trying to break a policy California Democrats adopted during his first term to protect certain undocumented immigrants from being deported. Here are 5 things to know about the California Values Act, via @ab-ibarra.bsky.social

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Will Twentynine Palms be the next teeming desert oasis? Check out these nine businesses on your next visit and decide for yourself. www.latimes.com/lifestyle/li...

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Tongva fire mitigation: “Along with removing the eucalyptus trees, they have nurtured 50 full-grown oak trees and removed tons of old firewood and other debris. Cultural burning is another traditional land stewardship practice, but the Tongva have so far been unable to implement it on the property.”

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I visited Zorthian Ranch, on the foothills in Altadena, with owner Alan to understand the scope of damage after the Eaton fire. The ranch, a refuge for artists and creatives since the 1940s, lost nearly everything in the fire - homes, buildings, archives, art. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Los Angeles is burning. Fossil fuel companies laid the kindling. Soon the world will stop caring. If we don't demand better from the rich & powerful who can do more than anyone to slow the climate crisis, the fires will change nothing. My @latimes.com column: www.latimes.com/environment/...

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Surfer rides a monster wave at Mavericks. Will it bring the world record back to California? www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Bird flu continues to spread in California. The Central Valley, where dairy & poultry farms are concentrated, is a hotspot. Yet the state has a major blind spot in monitoring wastewater in counties most affected. with @susrust.bsky.social and @sean-greene.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

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