For farm workers in Santa Maria, about 70 miles north of Santa Barbara, raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are not the only concern. Many have also fallen prey to scammers who threaten violence to coerce victims into silence.
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ICE targets Montebello car wash again, along with multiple sites across the city
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Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores resigns to focus on attempted recall
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Supervisor Solis denounces 'racial profiling' of two county workers targeted by ICE at Whittier Narrows Park
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Community leaders draw on Arpaio-era lessons to face potential ICE enforcement surge in Phoenix
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When insurance says no, children pay the price
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Tucson’s south side residents built an environmental justice movement after TCE — now they’re passing the torch
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Downey’s residents and community leaders demand Trump-supporting mayor take action against ICE raids
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Black and Latino organizers in L.A. demand justice for Keith Porter–the Black man shot by an off-duty ICE officer on New Year's Eve
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Anti-ICE protests continue at Home Depot amid calls for the release of detained day laborers
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CBS News cuts off Raúl De Molina as he calls for better treatment of immigrants
Two Los Angeles County park workers were "accosted and questioned" by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Whittier Narrows Recr…
Monte E. Perez has been named president of East Los Angeles College, a campus he has been leading on an interim basis for more than a year.
In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department alle…
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Union Del Barrio documented more than 15 locations where federal immigration enforcement personnel conducted o…
The U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro abruptly ended one phase of Venezuela’s long political crisis, opening a far …
On June 7, 2025, a massive protest erupted in Compton following an ICE raid at a nearby Home Depot.
In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department alle…
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Union Del Barrio documented more than 15 locations where federal immigration enforcement personnel conducted o…
The U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro abruptly ended one phase of Venezuela’s long political crisis, opening a far …
On June 7, 2025, a massive protest erupted in Compton following an ICE raid at a nearby Home Depot.
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Esmeralda Raya moved to Bakersfield with her husband and three children five years ago in pursuit of homeownership. Little did she know that t…
La Virgen de Guadalupe’s motherly love, compassion and protection drew faithful Catholics together in downtown Phoenix, where church leaders e…
When Virginia Guevara moved into a studio apartment in California’s Orange County in 2024 after nearly a decade of homelessness, she needed fa…
After decades of organizing for clean water, south side residents are making sure the story isn’t forgotten.
As ICE detainments continue across the country and with the recent fatal shootings of Keith Porter in L.A. and Renee Good in Minneapolis, the …
‘Release his name,’ Black and Latino organizers demand identity of ICE agent who killed Keith Porter
On Tuesday, January 13, almost two weeks after the killing of 43-year-old Keith Porter, dozens of community members and social justice organiz…
Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a motion to request that LA28, the private organizers for the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics, clar…
