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Andrea Castillo

Andrea Castillo

Reporter/Staff Writer at Los Angeles Times Online

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  • Immigration

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Recent Articles

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Court ruling narrows pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients

A new ruling by an administrative immigration court ends a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients who are married to U.S. citizens.
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ICE’s healthcare payment system collapsed. Are detainees still gett...

With a new payment system still not in place, advocates for immigrant detainees fear some are going without necessary treatment as medical providers near a year without compensation.
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New federal rule sends asylum cases to immigration courts, pushing ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services estimates that up to 444,000 of the more than 1.4 million asylum cases in its backlog could be affected by the rule.
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ICE will continue traffic stops despite recent fatal shootings

Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings within a week, people familiar with the decision said Tuesday.
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ICE will suspend most vehicle stops in the wake of two deadly shoot...

Tom Homan, a top White House immigration official, said the halt was a temporary pause, "not a policy change," and that immigration enforcement would continue.
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After lawsuit, ICE pauses construction of Bay Area detention facility

The voluntary pause extends until Sept. 9.
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No body cameras, contradictory stories: Questions linger over fatal...

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston as he drove his construction crew to a job.
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Black mold and $1 wages: Settlement forces immigrant detention cent...

A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California's workplace safety and health requirements.
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DHS buys two California immigrant detention centers for $1.5 billion

The purchase comes as the Department of Homeland Security has moved to scale up its capacity to detain immigrants without relying as heavily on private prison corporations.
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Even without birthright citizenship, Supreme Court co-signs much of...

Recent Supreme Court decisions raise significant consequences for immigrants who have made their lives in the U.S.
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Inside the California ICE detention boycott over $18 coffee grounds...

More than 300 detainees are estimated to have signed grievance letters sent to facility administrators, according to advocates with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.
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Trump may end legal protection for 350,000 Haitians and Syrians, Su...

The court said Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security the power to cancel temporary protections for migrants from unsafe countries.
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House Democrats ask new ICE director to roll back policy limiting o...

Democrats wrote a letter in response to a policy that requires lawmakers to identify detainees at least two business days before a visit and provide a signed consent form from each detainee.
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Trump’s quiet crackdown: Fewer ICE raids, harsher rules push immigr...

Along with focusing on deportations, the administration is deploying other tactics to deter legal, as well as illegal, immigration.
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California sues Trump administration over planned ICE facility near...

The lawsuit alleges that the leased land is zoned exclusively for agricultural use and that the federal government violated laws requiring state and county notification, as well as procedural steps required before beginning construction.
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refuses to commit to f...

Mullin faced the Senate Appropriations Committee amid scrutiny over the agency's budget and immigration enforcement ahead of the World Cup.
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‘Easily discarded’: Processing delays leave DACA recipients jobless...

DACA renewal delays are costing some recipients their jobs and exposing them to deportation risk as the Trump administration chips away at protections for immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
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After raids, U.S. citizens and immigrants seek millions for shootin...

Dozens of U.S. citizens and immigrants are seeking millions in damages, alleging excessive force, wrongful detention and other abuses by federal agents during immigration raids.
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Conditions at immigrant detention centers in California have worsen...

California enacted a law during the first Trump administration requiring state oversight of immigrant detention facilities. This is the fifth report released by the California Department of Justice since 2019.
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ICE puts new restrictions on members of Congress inspecting detenti...

A new ICE policy requires members of Congress to seek advanced approval in order to speak with detainees during oversight inspections at detention facilities.
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While ICE cracked down on L.A. protests, Marines were told to use f...

Documents obtained by nonprofit American Oversight show a glaring contrast between the training of Marines and that of immigration agents, who have been accused of using unnecessary force.