Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of laws that aim to check immigration agents during the Trump administration’s deportation program.

A federal judge ruled that agents likely violated the law in conducting warrantless arrests without assessing flight risk.

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 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...

Records released as part of a lawsuit challenging racial profiling show that immigration agents used slurs to refer to Latino targets.

Records released as part of a lawsuit challenging racial profiling show that immigration agents used slurs to refer to Latino targets.

Private prison company CoreCivic sold two California properties to the Department of Homeland Security. It will continue operating them as ICE detention centers.

If the goal was to confuse everyone, the mission was accomplished.  Just before Memorial Day, the Trump administration issued a sweeping new policy directive that took aim at legal immigration. It wou...

A California law empowers local health officials to inspect immigrant detention centers. San Diego County sued to enforce it after being denied access to a facility.

An immigration judge granted Idris Demirtas' release from detention, but that wasn't enough to reunite him with his wife in San Diego.

Sofi thought she was being offered the American dream with an H-2A farmworker visa. She left her toddler in Mexico and wound up in a nightmare that authorities say almost got her killed.Over the years, the promises of an H-2A visa — such as humane working conditions, free housing and far better wages than back home — have sometimes been undermined by the relative ease of exploiting workers due to scant oversight of the program.Listen to ProPublica’s Max Blau talk about Sofi’s harrowing experience and why it’s vital for the public to better understand the perils H-2A workers face when picking the produce that lines our grocery store aisles.🎨: Dadu Shin for ProPublica

A new poll shared exclusively with CalMatters adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies.

Beyond the Border brings you human stories about the U.S. immigration system. Click to read Beyond the Border, by Kate Morrissey, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Fearful of sharing sensitive information, California farmworkers started staying away from mobile medical clinics after President Trump took office. “There’s a lot of distrust,” said a doctor who work...

'He’s never told me everything about what exactly happened, but he has scars all over his body,' said Mae Bovenzi, whose husband now fears deportation to Turkey after a routine ICE check-in.

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Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

Though other cities have reported arrests of immigrants in the final stages of obtaining their green cards, this week marks the first time that San Diego attorneys have seen clients detained at U.S. C...

California's seven ICE detention centers have to open their doors to local health departments. So far, county officials aren't making much use of that power.

Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it

The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.