Immigrant detainees in California win key workplace safety settlement

Black mold and $1 wages: Settlement forces immigrant detention centers to protect workers

A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California's workplace safety and health requirements.

Noncitizen voting was gaining steam in LA. Then fears of Trump backlash scuttled the plan

It was a traumatic moment for much of Southern California, as federal immigration agents snatched undocumented workers from car washes, garment factories and Home Depot parking lots. Angelica Salas, who heads one of Los Angeles’ most ...

$1 a day to clean a detention center: The ‘labor exploitation’ of migrants in ICE jails

The debate over these ‘workers’ has returned to the national spotlight after a settlement between California and private prison operator GEO Group affirmed that detainees are protected by the state’s labor regulations

Judge shoots down Trump’s homeless funding shift:  ‘The hallmark of unreasoned decision making’

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California scored another win against the Trump administration in their battle over how to address the homelessness crisis here and nationwide. A federal judge this week shot down the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2025 attempt to divert money away from []

ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courts

“ICE continues to flagrantly violate the law by arresting immigrants who are attending their mandatory court hearings,” said Rep. Dan Goldman. The post ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courts appeared first on The Intercept.

Chaos, long lines overwhelm L.A.’s immigration courts, leading to default deportation orders

A line stretched around the downtown Los Angeles immigration courthouse before doors even opened. Immigrants crowded waiting rooms and spilled into hallways as clerks raced to process around 100 people scheduled for an administrative hearing that morning. In the last two months, these master calendar hearings have been coined “mega master” hearings, as dockets nationwide []

ICE Launches Blistering Multi-State Raids To Nab Convicted Felons After Staffing Surge

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers executed a massive, multi-state enforcement sweep over a 48-hour period, arresting dozens of undocumented immigrants with extensive criminal records. Federal authorities reported that the suspects taken into custody across various states held prior convictions for violent offenses, sexual crimes, homicide, and major narcotics distribution. The consecutive operations follow a [] ICE Launches Blistering Multi-State Raids To Nab Convicted Felons After Staffing Surge

One Year On, Los Angeles Is Still Living with the Fallout of the Raids

New analysis and firsthand accounts reveal the toll of the crackdown on immigrant communities in L.A. County and beyond. The post One Year On, Los Angeles Is Still Living with the Fallout of the Raids appeared first on .

Tim Walz pardons illegal migrant convicted of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl

Minnesota officials, including Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, last month pardoned an illegal immigrant who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl and who was slated to be deported. With the recommendation of the Minnesota Clemency Review Commission (CRC), the Minnesota Board of Pardons — led by Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and []...Click to read more

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11 pegawai Imigresen ditahan SPRM `direhatkan’ daripada bertugas

PUTRAJAYA : Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (JIM) `merehatkan’ 11 pegawainya yang ditahan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) bagi membantu siasatan berkaitan dakwaan salah guna kuasa dan rasuah. Ketua Pengarah Imigresen, Datuk Zakaria Shaaban berkata, tindakan itu diambil bagi memastikan pegawai terbabit tidak lagi terlibat dalam sebarang urusan rasmi atau aktiviti yang boleh menjejaskan proses siasatan yang ... Read more The post 11 pegawai Imigresen ditahan SPRM `direhatkan’ daripada bertugas appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Where Are the Democracy Defenders? Recalled California Officials Refuse to Leave Office

Where Are the Democracy Defenders? Recalled California Officials Refuse to Leave Office

DHS buys two California migrant detention centers for $1.5B to boost ICE deportation capacity

DHS purchased two migrant detention centers in California for 1.5 billion, citing the state's sanctuary policies as a threat to ICE operations.

Supreme Court Immigration Rulings Reshape Trump Administration Asylum and TPS Policies

WASHINGTON — A pair of sweeping Supreme Court immigration rulings have handed the Trump administration significant legal victories, fundamentally altering the nation’s approach to border enforcement and humanitarian protections. By addressing both Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and border asylum protocols, the high court’s decisions are set to impact nearly 1.3 million immigrants and the American []

Fourth group of deportees from US arrive in Eswatini

A US immigration attorney says the group of 11 people includes at least two who have legal protection that should have shielded them from deportation.

Justice Flames SCOTUS Giving Trump a ‘Blank Check’ on Green Cards

Tom Williams-Pool/Getty ImagesJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson flamed her conservative colleagues’ “misguided” decision to make it easier for border agents to detain green card holders returning to the country.Justice Jackson wrote a scathing dissent after the court ruled 6-3 in favor of permitting agents to treat returning permanent residents as “applicants for admission,” making them susceptible to detainment based on unproven criminal allegations.“I worry that the Court has now handed the Government a massive blank check,” she wrote.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Feds Pay $1.5B for Two Immigration Detention Centers in California

The federal government has spent nearly 1.5 billion to acquire two California detention centers from prison operator CoreCivic, marking one of the largest real estate deals tied to the Trump administration’s expansion of immigration enforcement. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchased the 1,994-bed Otay Mesa Detention Center in Greater San Diego for 739.2 []

ICE Pays CoreCivic $1.5B For 2 Detention Facilities

The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two California detention centers for 1.5B. The 2,560-bed California City Detention Facility and 1,994-bed Otay Mesa Detention Center cost the federal government 732.6M and 739.2M, respectively. That's...

2 dozen arrested in federal crackdown on India-based crime groups

Federal officials announced the arrests of two dozen suspects tied to three India‑based transnational organized crime groups, including members operating in California, where several of the arrests took place Tuesday. Jennifer McGraw reports. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys

CoreCivic just sold two of California's largest immigrant detention centers to the federal government for 1.5 billion, then apparently got hired to keep running the place. CalMatters reports that CoreCivic sold the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County to the Department of Homeland Security on July 2. — Read the rest The post ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys appeared first on Boing Boing.

The June 30 Phenomenon: The State Created This Crisis and Now Citizens Begin Deporting People

The June 30 Phenomenon: The State Created This Crisis and Now Citizens Begin Deporting People

Can Los Angeles Be Saved?

Can Los Angeles Be Saved?

There’s A New Consumer Sheriff In California

California businesses need to gird themselves for the upcoming government assault.

SCOTUS Upholds Border Officials’ Ability To Parole Green Card Holders Who ‘Committed’ Crimes

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld border officials’ ability to parole green card holders who have “committed a crime involving moral turpitude” on Tuesday. The matter at issue in Blanche v. Lau dates back to 2012 when Muk Choi Lau, a Chinese national and lawful permanent resident (LPR) in the United States, was charged with trademark []

ICE primarily targeting non-criminal immigrants in Texas, recent numbers show

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is primarily targeting immigrants with no criminal record in Texas arrests, according to recent data released by the Deportation Data Project. According to a data set released in March by professors at the UC Berkeley School of Law, the agency’s arrests of people who only have immigration-related offenses have [] The post ICE primarily targeting non-criminal immigrants in Texas, recent numbers show appeared first on San Antonio Current.

New lawsuit alleges the Trump administration shared Iranian asylum seekers’ data with Iran

The suit alleges ICE and State Department officials disclosed sensitive asylum details to Iranian officials via monthly meetings since March 2025.

A Silicon Valley Genocide

World's First Trillionaire is Killing the World's Poorest Children

Grim New Details of Fatal ICE Shooting Make It Even Worse

A Case of Mistaken Identity The ICE shooting of an unarmed immigrant in Houston — who had lived in the...

State Workers Gather at Capitol Amid Negotiations for New Contracts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eeXsFym_og State employees rallied at the California State Capitol on Wednesday as negotiations over new labor...

Texas ICE Killing Darkens, Rep says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport

There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.