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Empowered congressional Democrats gear up for battles over immigration and ICE oversight
By Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - As it became clear on election day that Republicans would lose the House of Representatives, House Homeland Security Committee Democrats posted a three-word message on social media to Markwayne Mullin, who leads the agency: "clear your calendar." The next day, Mullin posted a three-word message of his own: "Deportations will continue."
Empowered congressional Democrats gear up for battles over immigration and ICE oversight
As it became clear on election day that Republicans would lose the House of Representatives, House Homeland Security Committee Democrats posted a three-word message on social media to Markwayne Mullin, who leads the agency: "clear your calendar." The next day, Mullin posted a three-word message of his own: "Deportations will continue." After affordability and the Iran war, immigration was a defining issue in the midterm elections, and now that Democrats won majorities in the House and Senate,...
How Latino voters helped secure blue victories
WASHINGTON — Latino voters, whose swing to the right aided President Donald Trump’s election in 2024, helped Democrats reclaim both chambers of Congress on Tuesday in a stunning reversal of support for Republicans. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription.
How Latino voters helped secure blue victories
WASHINGTON — Latino voters, whose swing to the right aided President Donald Trump’s election in 2024, helped Democrats reclaim both chambers of Congress on Tuesday in a stunning reversal of support for Republicans. The shift, which transpired nationwide but was especially pronounced in Texas, is seen as a rebuke of the president and his party by a group of Americans who have watched as their families and neighbors were detained by immigration agents while their cost of living shot up.
How Latino voters helped secure blue victories
WASHINGTON - Latino voters, whose swing to the right aided President Donald Trump's election in 2024, helped Democrats reclaim both chambers of Congress on Tuesday in a stunning reversal of support for Republicans. The shift, which transpired nationwide but was especially pronounced in Texas, is seen as a rebuke of the president and his party by a group of Americans who have watched as their families and neighbors were detained by immigration agents while their cost of living shot up.
How Latino voters helped secure blue victories
Latino voters, whose swing to the right aided President Trump's election in 2024, helped Democrats reclaim both chambers of Congress on Tuesday in a stunning reversal of support for Republicans. The shift, which transpired nationwide but was especially pronounced in Texas, is seen as a rebuke of the president and his party by a group of Americans who have watched as their families and neighbors were detained by immigration agents while their cost of living shot up.
Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
An immigrant detainee died Saturday morning at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, marking the 61st such death under the Trump administration. The death of Roberto Jimenez Gutierrez, 43, from Guatemala is under investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Tuesday. The cause was not immediately clear.
Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
An immigrant detainee died Saturday morning at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, marking the 61st such death under the Trump administration. In an emailed statement, an unnamed spokesperson with CoreCivic, the Tennessee-based private prison company that operates the facility, confirmed the death. Per the spokesperson, a staff member at the Otay Mesa facility called in a medical emergency around 11:36 a.m. Saturday after finding an unresponsive person in their assigned living area.
Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
An immigrant detainee died Saturday morning at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, marking the 61st such death under the Trump administration. In an emailed statement, an unnamed spokesperson with CoreCivic, the Tennessee-based private prison company that operates the facility, confirmed the death. Per the spokesperson, a staff member at the Otay Mesa facility called in a medical emergency around 11:36 a.m. Saturday after finding an unresponsive person in their assigned living area.
Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
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Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
An immigrant detainee died Saturday morning at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, marking the 61st such death under the Trump administration. In an emailed statement, an unnamed spokesperson with CoreCivic, the Tennessee-based private prison company that operates the facility, confirmed the death. Per the spokesperson, a staff member at the Otay Mesa facility called in a medical emergency around 11:36 a.m. Saturday after finding an unresponsive person in their assigned living area.
Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
An immigrant detainee died Saturday morning at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, marking the 61st such death under the Trump administration. In an emailed statement, an unnamed spokesperson with CoreCivic, the Tennessee-based private prison company that operates the facility, confirmed the death. Per the spokesperson, a staff member at the Otay Mesa facility called in a medical emergency around 11:36 a.m. Saturday after finding an unresponsive person in their assigned living area.
Immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego
An immigrant detainee died Saturday morning at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, marking the 61st such death under the Trump administration. In an emailed statement, an unnamed spokesperson with CoreCivic, the Tennessee-based private prison company that operates the facility, confirmed the death. Per the spokesperson, a staff member at the Otay Mesa facility called in a medical emergency around 11:36 a.m. Saturday after finding an unresponsive person in their assigned living area.
ICE agents tackle and injure US citizen student with disabilities, local officials say
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times Federal immigration agents violently detained a 20-year-old U.S. citizen and Santa Maria, California, High School student with disabilities on Wednesday morning, according to school and city officials. The student, who has limited verbal communication, was walking to school when agents tackled him, questioned him about his citizenship and restrained him in their vehicle.
ICE agents tackle and injure U.S. citizen student with disabilities, local officials say
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Trump ramps up fraud investigations of immigrants as election approaches
President Trump has alleged that elections, public benefit programs and federal grants to nonprofits are rife with fraud. Now, he is increasingly focusing on fraud in his effort to detain and deport more immigrants. Recent, high-profile flash points include 28 lawful permanent residents accused this week of illegally voting in California and the federal investigation into Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
ICE detainees were sprayed with a cleaner during COVID crisis. Now they have a settlement
WASHINGTON - Six years after he was released from a California immigrant detention facility, Wilfredo Gonzalez Mena has to sleep with his back propped up by pillows, nearly in a seated position, to avoid gasping for air.
ICE detainees were sprayed with a cleaner during COVID crisis. Now they have a settlement
Six years after he was released from a California immigrant detention facility, Wilfredo Gonzalez Mena has to sleep with his back propped up by pillows, nearly in a seated position, to avoid gasping for air.
DHS buys three detention centers in California for $950 million
The Department of Homeland Security has purchased three immigrant detention facilities in Adelanto for $950 million, according to the private prison corporation that sold them. The sale by the GEO Group, a Florida-based government contractor, follows an initial $1.5-billion sale over the summer of two other California detention facilities by GEO's competitor, CoreCivic of Tennessee.
Why hasn't the Trump administration decided the fate of TPS for Salvadorans?
By Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - More than three weeks have passed since the deadline for extending or revoking temporary protections against deportation for around 170,000 immigrants from El Salvador. The Trump administration still hasn't reached a decision, plunging the Salvadoran community into uncertainty and raising questions about what has prompted the delay.
Why hasn't the Trump administration decided the fate of TPS for Salvadorans?
More than three weeks have passed since the deadline for extending or revoking temporary protections against deportation for around 170,000 immigrants from El Salvador. The Trump administration still hasn't reached a decision, plunging the Salvadoran community into uncertainty and raising questions about what has prompted the delay. The deportation reprieve is known as Temporary Protected Status.
His mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicide
LOS ANGELES — In May, when Samuel Gonzalez Terrones was diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia, he started seeing a therapist and taking medication that he hoped would finally alleviate the dark thoughts that had begun creeping up so frequently he would sometimes seek help by calling the police on himself.
His mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicide
LOS ANGELES -- In May, when Samuel Gonzalez Terrones was diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia, he started seeing a therapist and taking medication that he hoped would finally alleviate the dark thoughts that had begun creeping up so frequently he would sometimes seek help by calling the police on himself.
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