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Jacumba, CA, Friday, November 24, 2023 - Asylum seekers from China, Colombia and the Middle East camp near the border wall, often waiting days to be transported by the U.S. Border Patrol. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

San Diego is now the top border region for migrant arrivals

For first time in 25 years, San Diego is the top spot in the nation for migrant border crossings, surpassing Tucson.

April 25, 2024
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the Border Force following a small boat incident in the Channel, on Tuesday April 23, 2024. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said "nothing will stand in our way" of getting flights to Rwanda off the ground, as the Government braced itself for legal challenges to the scheme to send asylum seekers to the east African country. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

English Channel deaths underscore risks for migrants despite U.K. efforts

April 23, 2024
Los Angeles, CA - July 13: Portrait of Sandra Munoz, a celebrated civil rights attorney in Los Angeles. She is holding a photo of her husband Luis on January 3, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA. They have been separated since 2015. Luis, who was undocumented, applied for a waiver of his illegal entry to seek citizenship after they got married. The final step was considered a formality -- he would go back to El Salvador for an interview at the U.S. consulate there and fly back to the U.S. once it was approved. Instead, it was denied. When their lawyers pressed the government for why, the State Department admitted that his tattoos -- of La Virgen de Guadalupe, a tribal design and theatrical masks -- were among the reasons they had found him to be an MS-13 gang member, an assertion he vehemently denies. Last year, the 9th Circuit sided with the couple, but the Biden administration appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court is expected to decide next month whether to take up the case, which would have ripple effects for any immigrant seeking to challenge the government's views of their character. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Supreme Court skeptical of siding with L.A. man denied visa over tattoos

April 23, 2024
Paperwork and a small American flag are tucked into a purse before the beginning of a naturalization ceremony at the M.O. Campbell Education Center on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2019, in north Houston. Over 2200 immigrants took oaths to become naturalized citizens.

Opinion: The immigration system can bend toward justice. One Orange County man’s case shows how

April 21, 2024
The Rev. Dr. Chauncey Brown poses for a portrait at Second Baptist Church, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents

April 20, 2024

Calexico resoundingly ousts town’s first transgender mayor and a council ally

April 18, 2024

Senate rejects impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

April 17, 2024

House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing trial

April 16, 2024

Biden administration gives California $45 million to help recently arrived migrants

April 15, 2024
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Calexico, CA - March 25: Raul Urena, the first transgender mayor of Calexico and current council member, poses for a portrait in front of the USA-Mexico border wall on Monday, March 25, 2024 in Calexico, CA. He is facing a recall election in mid-April and he believes gender plays a big role in it. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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A California border town’s first transgender mayor faces recall. Is gender the reason?

In rural Calexico, Raúl Ureña, the town’s first out transgender mayor, faces a recall election. So does another brash young lawmaker.

April 10, 2024

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