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Byline: AMY TAXIN

16 Apr

Opposition to immigrant sanctuary spreading in California

published on April 16, 2018 - 12:58 PM

(AP) — More local governments in California are resisting the state’s efforts to resist the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, and

28 Mar

Orange County joins fight against California sanctuary law

published on March 28, 2018 - 2:22 PM

(AP) — California and its Democratic-controlled Legislature have built a reputation for leading resistance against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

27 Feb

US judge bars revoking DACA work permits without due process

published on February 27, 2018 - 1:05 PM

(AP) — A federal judge on Monday issued a sweeping ban on the U.S. government revoking deportation protection of immigrants

15 Feb

Water use climbs in California enclaves as drought returns

published on February 15, 2018 - 1:43 PM

(AP) — Overall water use is climbing in Southern California as that part of the state plunges back into drought,

14 Feb

US judge leads lawyers, others on trip to homeless camp

published on February 14, 2018 - 1:10 PM

(AP) — Led by a federal judge, an entourage of three dozen lawyers, activists, county workers and officials set out

13 Feb

Judge intends to visit giant homeless camp in California

published on February 13, 2018 - 12:59 PM

(AP) — A federal judge hearing arguments over whether a California county should be able to clear out a huge

31 Jan

US will target asylum backlog by reviewing newer cases first

published on January 31, 2018 - 2:28 PM

(AP) — The U.S. government will start reviewing more recent asylum applications ahead of older ones in a bid to

22 Jan

Deputies move to clear big California homeless encampment

published on January 22, 2018 - 2:04 PM

(AP) — Southern California authorities on Monday went tent to tent telling the homeless living in a 2-mile-long (3.2-kilometer-long) encampment

29 Dec

As West Coast fights homelessness, kindness is contentious

published on December 29, 2017 - 12:35 PM

(AP) — Mohammed Aly does not see why he shouldn’t try to ease the lives of Orange County’s homeless. But

30 Oct

Immigrants fear loss of humanitarian program under Trump

published on October 30, 2017 - 1:08 PM

(AP) — Iris Acosta has spent the last two decades enrolled in an immigration program that has helped her get

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