The governor signed more than 20 bills related to immigration.

911 calls reveal multiple suicide attempts at Adelanto ICE center.

Gov. Newsom signed a law compelling disclosure of emergency calls from ICE detention centers. It followed CalMatters' reporting about alleged rapes at one site.

The governor said the proposal duplicates existing efforts to support residents facing deportation.

The governor said the proposal duplicates existing efforts to support residents facing deportation.

California’s public record laws are focused on a basic principle: a lack of transparency hurts the public interest and leads to abuses of power.

The California Legislature passed a bill that would force disclosure of information about emergency calls at immigrant detention centers. A Democratic lawmaker put it forward after reading news storie...

The bill would align health and safety standards in private, for-profit detention centers with regulations on state-owned facilities.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Chronicle readers comment on ICE detention centers, private schools, the national debt, and Nancy Pelosi and Scott Wiener.

First Amendment Coalition's Paloma Esquivel explains why detention centers remain difficult to scrutinize and what public records can reveal about what happens inside.

Senator Lena A. Gonzalez represents the Southeast Los Angeles County cities of California's 33rd Senate District.

Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement use various inspection programs to help ensure that detention...

“California must step up to provide legal support for unaccompanied children and all vulnerable individuals at risk of deportation.”

"Without a lawyer, people don't have a prayer. They don't have a chance in hell."

Preliminary injunction prevents the government from withdrawing services or funds for legal representation to unaccompanied children while the case is pending

At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.

The letter obtained by NPR marks a rare bipartisan critique from Capitol Hill of the administration's immigration policy.

After immigration sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train California agents on when they can stop people.

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is detaining families with young children for days and weeks at crossings along the New York-Canada border

A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.

National security committee is investigating whether secret services breached law by using surveillance tool to monitor activists and journalists

“The administration’s decision to end these services undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for fu...

As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working to influence legislation that would ensure a stable supply of laborers for an industry long reliant o...

Trump administration reverses itself on a program providing lawyers for 4,000 migrant children in immigration court.

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

The state’s Republican minority argued it’s foolish to be taking on Trump when California is trying to secure federal wildfire aid.

Dozens have been arrested in the heavily agricultural Kern County during a multiple-day operation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

‘If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,’ says local economist.

Dozens of people have reportedly been arrested during Border Patrol operations throughout the week.

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with I...

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.