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Brown Signs Law Limiting Detention Of Immigrants
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to...
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About 2,000 March In Hollywood Immigration Rally
LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 2,000 supporters of immigration reform marched through Hollywood on Saturday as part of rallies nationwide to push for congressional action, while California’s governor signed...
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Governor Signs Bills Protecting Calif. Workers
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed several bills that seek to protect California workers who are immigrants or victims of domestic violence and other crimes. SB400 from Sen....
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Bill Cleans Up Immigrant Driver’s License Program
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Democratic lawmakers approved on Thursday tweaks to a program Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law last year to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, after...
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Rules Proposed For Immigrant Driver’s License
SANTA ANA (AP) — California on Friday proposed requiring immigrants in the country illegally to present foreign government-issued identification to obtain a driver’s license or go through an interview...
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Calif. Senate Holds Immigrant Health Coverage Bill
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The state Senate is holding legislation that seeks to extend health care coverage to immigrants who are in the country illegally until lawmakers find a way to pay for it. The Senate...
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Protesters Block First Wave Of Detained Immigrants In Murrieta
MURRIETA (CBSLA.com) — Dozens of protesters blocked the road Tuesday so buses full of undocumented immigrants couldn’t make their way to a U.S. Border Patrol Station in Murrieta. Approximately 140...
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Garcetti Convening With Nonprofits To Shelter Undocumented Children In LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has convened with nonprofit groups to shelter undocumented immigrant children in L.A. while they await court hearings on whether they can...
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California Reduces Deportations For Minor Crimes
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has approved reducing the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor by one day, but the change he signed into law on Monday is expected to significantly reduce the number of...
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Top Prosecutor To Help Immigrants Get Lawyers
WEST SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s attorney general said Thursday she is helping secure lawyers to represent minors from Central America during immigration hearings. Kamala Harris called the surge in...
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Gang Violence, Fears For Children In Central America Fuel Rush To US
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many immigrants flooding across the southern border of the U.S. say they’re fleeing violent gangs in Central America. Experts, however, say those gangs are actually a byproduct of...
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Obama Approves $4M To Fund Lawyers For Immigrant Children In Deportation...
SANTA ANA (AP) — The Obama administration is spending $4 million on lawyers for unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings, a move an influential Republican lawmaker says is illegal...
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Mexican Consular ID Valid For California License
SANTA ANA. (AP) — Mexican immigrants in the country illegally will need one form of valid identification from their country to apply for a California driver’s license while other immigrants will need...
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Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants Await Obama’s Upcoming Executive Order
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com/AP) — Immigrants in the country illegally already are flooding attorneys’ offices with calls to see if they can qualify under President Barack Obama’s yet-to-be-announced plan to...
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What’s Next In Wake Of Obama Immigration Order?
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A day after President Barack Obama announced his executive action on immigration, dozens packed a conference room inside Los Angeles City Hall. It was there that supporters of...
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Thousands Attend Immigration Forum On Obama’s Reform Plan
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Thousands of immigrants turned out for a forum in Downtown L.A. Sunday to learn about President Obama’s immigration reform plan. The National Immigrant Integration Conference...
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DMV Gears Up For Migrant Driver’s Licenses
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — While tens of thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally are gearing up to apply for a long-sought driver’s license in California starting Jan. 2, others are...
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46,200 Immigrants Apply For California Driver’s License
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California officials say 46,200 immigrants started applying for a driver’s license in the first three days that the state began issuing licenses to immigrants who are in the country...
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California DMV Will Check Immigrants’ Prior Licenses
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Immigrants in the country illegally who fraudulently obtained a California driver’s license before it was legal won’t get a new card until state authorities review their driving...
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Immigrants Can Now Get Mexican Birth Certificates In U.S.
SANTA ANA (AP) — The Mexican government on Thursday will start issuing birth certificates to its citizens at consulates in the United States, seeking to make it easier for them to apply for U.S. work...
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California Issues 59,000 Driver’s Licenses To Immigrants
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California issued 59,000 driver’s licenses to immigrants who are in the country illegally during the first month their applications were accepted, state officials said Wednesday....
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Some Believe Video Singles Out Immigrants As Responsible For Lower Water...
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20150527011323130AA.mp4 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Santa Barbara-based group has sparked a firestorm after some say a video posted last year singled out...
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California On Cusp Of Offering Young Immigrants Health Care
SANTA ANA (AP) — In a move that adds momentum to efforts to integrate immigrants, California is on the cusp of becoming the largest state in the nation to extend state-subsidized health care coverage...
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35 California Counties Extend Health Care To Immigrants
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A group of 35 California counties have agreed to provide basic health care to people who are in the United States illegally. The decision was made Thursday by the governing panel of...
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Immigration Detention Center Expands In Adelanto
SANTA ANA (AP) — Immigration authorities are expanding a Southern California detention facility to get more bed space for women with criminal records, immigrants with medical needs, recently-arrived...
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Macy’s To Trump: You’re Fired
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Macy’s department store chain joined an ongoing exodus from association with Donald Trump and New Mexico’s governor and New York City’s mayor slammed him over his comments on...
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Report: 1,800 Immigrants Re-Arrested After Release From Jail
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 1,800 immigrants that the federal government wanted to deport were nevertheless released from local jails and later re-arrested for various crimes, according to a...
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Some ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Don’t Enforce Federal Immigration Policies For Fear...
HUNTINGTON BEACH (AP) — The term “sanctuary city” has become a rallying cry for conservative Republicans seeking stiffer immigration laws. They characterize such places as havens where those in the...
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Judge: US Violates Agreement In Detention Of Immigrant Kids
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice’s current system of detaining children with their mothers after they’ve crossed the U.S.-Mexico border violates an...
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Tempers Flare As Huntington Park Appoints Undocumented Immigrants To City...
HUNTINGTON PARK (CBSLA.com) — Huntington Park is making history and not everyone is happy about it. Councilman Jhonny Pineda announced at Monday night’s city council meeting the appointment of two...
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Immigration Lawyer Says She Was Barred From Adelanto Detention Center
ADELANTO (AP) — An immigration lawyer says she was denied entry to a Southern California detention center after participating in peaceful vigils at the site. Attorneys on Tuesday sent a letter to...
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Border Patrol: Family, Kid Arrests At Border Soar 52 Percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol arrested nearly 10,000 unaccompanied immigrant children and families caught illegally crossing the border with Mexico in August, a 52 percent jump from August...
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California Issues 605,000 Driver’s Licenses To Immigrants
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California issued more than a half-million driver’s licenses under a new law granting the identifying documents to immigrants who may be in the country illegally. The Department of...
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Claim Accuses Wells Fargo Of Denying Loans To DREAMers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal lawsuit accuses banking giant Wells Fargo of illegally denying student loans to young immigrants who are protected from deportation and allowed to work and study in the...
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California Lawmakers Vote For Stronger Immigrant Protections
Lawmakers in the California Assembly have voted to strengthen protections for immigrants in the country illegally who are victims or witnesses of crimes.
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Dozens Of Protesters Shut Down LA Intersection On DACA Permit Renewal...
WESTWOOD (CBSLA/AP) — Protesters came out in force Thursday morning in Westwood on the same day marking the application deadline for young immigrants eligible to renew their work permits under the...
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Democratic Lawmakers Angry At What They Find At Texas Detention Center
MCALLEN, Tx. (CNN) — The first thing everyone notices when they arrive at the Rio Grande Valley is the heat. While dozens of protestors stood outside a Customs and Border Protection processing...
View ArticleOC Group Completes 3-Day, 54-Mile Walk To Downtown LA In Solidarity With...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A group from Lake Forest in Orange County completed an exhausting three-day 54-mile walk to downtown Los Angeles Sunday in solidarity with immigrants. The group has done the...
View ArticleClass Action Lawsuit Filed On Behalf Of Migrants Traveling In Caravan
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of migrants planning to seek asylum as they march toward the U.S. border. The lawsuit is asking a federal court to put a stop to...
View ArticleCalifornia Becomes First State To Offer Benefits To Immigrants In Country...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California has become the first state to offer taxpayer-funded health benefits to young adults living in the country illegally. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on...
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