Contributor: The GOP wants to turn asylum into a pay-to-play system
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” now before the Senate takes the current preoccupation with making every governmental relationship transactional to an immoral extreme. It…
Judge orders Abrego Garcia’s release, but ICE likely to detain him
NASHVILLE — A federal judge in Tennessee on Sunday denied the U.S. government’s motion to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia in detention before his trial on human smuggling…
Mahmoud Khalil, back home after release, vows to continue protesting war in Gaza
CONCORD, N.H. — A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped his fist in…
Trump effort to keep Harvard from hosting foreign students blocked
WASHINGTON — A federal judge Friday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students, delivering the Ivy League school another victory as…
Close ally of drug kingpin ‘El Mencho’ gets 30 years in prison as U.S. ramps up pressure on cartels
WASHINGTON — A close ally of fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” for years orchestrated a prolific drug trafficking operation, using a semi-submersible and…
Judge orders Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from the immigration detention center where…
9th Circuit sides with Trump administration on L.A. troop deployment
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday to leave troops in Los Angeles in the hands of the Trump administration while California’s objections…
Why Trump’s agents targeted Dodger Stadium and Winchell’s Donut House
Well, we could just cancel baseball.And, to be safe, every doughnut shop in Los Angeles should be closed pending investigation.Some Dodgers fans might be undocumented,…
Protesters are chasing federal agents out of L.A. County hotels
At Pasadena’s AC Hotel earlier this month, dozens of protesters gathered in an effort to confront federal agents who had arrived in town amid demonstrations…
As the summer harvest launches, uncertainty hangs over California fields
As the crucial summer harvest season gets underway in California’s vast agricultural regions, farmers and their workers say they feel whiplashed by a series of…
G-7 leaders want to contain Israel-Iran conflict, Trump calls for talks
KANANASKIS, Canada — The Group of 7 summit began in Canada on Monday with world leaders scrambling to contain the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran over…
Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration claiming discrimination against white farmers
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by…
ICE is using no-bid contracts to get more detention beds
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Leavenworth, Kan., occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a shorthand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters…
Judge blocks N.Y.C. mayor’s plan to let immigration agents into a jail
NEW YORK — A judge blocked New York Mayor Eric Adams from letting federal immigration authorities reopen an office at the city’s main jail, in part because…
Contributor: Why ‘monstrify’? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
In March, the Trump administration deported 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador, allegedly for membership in the criminal organization Tren de Aragua. According to White House…
Trump’s war on Latinos reaches a new low in abuse of Sen. Alex Padilla
The U.S. population includes an estimated 65.2 million Latinos, nearly a quarter of whom call California home. For over a century, Latinos were absent from…
The gaslighting of Alex Padilla is already in full swing on the right
Lunging men are perceived as dangerous. In an America that has long weaponized descriptions of how men of color look and move to justify use…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges in Tennessee federal court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Trump’s immigration crackdown, pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges…
Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed by federal agents at immigration news conference
California Sen. Alex Padilla was handcuffed by federal agents Thursday after he interrupted a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem…
Trump broke the law and must return control of National Guard to Newsom, court rules
President Trump broke the law when he mobilized thousands of members of the California National Guard to the streets of Los Angeles amid protests over…