Immigrants

Several Latino artists have joined forces with pro-immigrant organizations to defend the rights of undocumented people currently in detention centers and to ask that detainees be released as soon as possible.

Among the thousands who march each day in support of the Black Lives Matter movement are immigrants and their advocates. But protesting for them has an added risk: inadvertently winding up in immigration custody. All over the country, immigrants are expressing solidarity with the movement that has taken off since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The same organizations that...

Local immigrant-rights advocates Wednesday hailed a $125 million state relief program that will provide financial assistance to undocumented immigrants during the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the program, the first of its kind in the nation, will include $75 million in state funding and another $50 million donated by various organizations and foundations, including The California Endowment, Blue Shield…

The California Supreme Court denied a bid to block the state’s first-in-the-nation plan to give money to immigrants living in the country illegally who are hurt by the coronavirus.

Less than a week after suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over his allocation of $75 million in coronavirus-related aid to undocumented immigrants ineligible for unemployment insurance, two taxpayers Monday filed court papers in Los Angeles seeking a temporary restraining order against the plan. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was brought last Wednesday by Judicial Watch Inc. on behalf of plaintiffs…

A taxpayers’ group filed court papers Wednesday to block Gov. Gavin Newsom’s allocation of $75 million in coronavirus-related aid to undocumented immigrants ineligible for unemployment insurance. The still unofficial Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch Inc. represents the two plaintiffs, state taxpayers Robin Crest and Howard A. Myers. The plaintiffs are asking a judge to find the…

Whittier Councilwoman Jessica Martinez filed a lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom to block coronavirus financial aid for undocumented immigrants. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 2020.

A Los Angeles federal judge ordered the government Friday to “make every effort to promptly and safely release” the thousands of immigrant children in custody who have suitable guardians. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of Refugee Resettlement violated a 1997 agreement guaranteeing all detained immigrant children the right to...

Los Angeles Councilman David Ryu sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, urging him and the state Legislature to provide funding for California’s undocumented immigrants affected by the coronavirus pandemic. “Undocumented immigrants are taxpayers. They are the backbone of our economy. They are our neighbors and friends and they need our support,” Ryu said. “In California, we don’t...

California will give cash payments to immigrants living in the country illegally, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, using a mix of taxpayer money and charitable contributions to give 150,000 adults $500 each during the coronavirus outbreak. California has an estimated 2 million immigrants living in the country illegally. They are not eligible for the $2.2 trillion stimulus package approved by…

The coronavirus is spreading in immigration detention, with more than 70 detainees in 12 states testing positive and hundreds of others under quarantine.

A Los Angeles federal judge today extended a temporary injunction requiring the government to “make every effort to promptly and safely release” the thousands of immigrant children in custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee extended the temporary nationwide restraining order she initially issued on March 28 to April 24. The National Center for Youth Law and its co-counsel, the Center…

Immigrants held in U.S. detention facilities filed a lawsuit Monday decrying what they called shoddy medical care and a failure by authorities to provide accommodations for disabilities.

The Southland’s immigrant communities are bracing Sunday morning for planned mass arrests by federal immigration authorities as protests continue and local law enforcement agencies insist they would not be taking part in such actions.

Parents and children will hold a lemonade stand fundraiser Saturday from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Pan Pacific Park to raise money to help immigrant families held in U.S. detention camps.

Parents and children in LA are setting up a lemonade stand Saturday to help raise money for families in detention camps.

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled, in a ceremony, Wednesday the Transcontinental Railroad forever stamp. Three new district stamps commemorate the 150th anniversary of its completion.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend about $98 million a year to cover low-income immigrants between the ages of 19 and 25 who are living in the country illegally.

Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is sowing fear at the U.S. border with Mexico, not delivering solutions, after another month when about 100,000 immigrants were arrested trying to enter the country illegally.