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AAPI Groups Warn Against Silence as Anti-Immigrant Agenda Spreads Nationwide

Nicole Chang -
Immigration enforcement, as well as voting and civil rights were among the key issues highlighted during the annual AAPI Equity Alliance summit.
Sports

‘Not a World Cup for the World’: Advocates Sound Alarm on Rights Violations Ahead of Tournament

Selen Ozturk -
With the FIFA World Cup to open June 11, civil advocates warn the tournament risks becoming a backdrop for serious rights violations on American soil.
Immigration

Stanford Students Push University to Declare Itself a Sanctuary Campus

Peninsula 360 -
The initiative calls on the university to adopt concrete sanctuary measures amid heightened concerns over federal immigration policy.
Immigration

ICE Raids Target Home of Pro-Immigrant Activists in Ventura

Araceli Martinez -
Agents entered the home of Laura Valdez and her son, Leo Martinez, at 3 AM on the night of May 13. Both are members of a local rapid response network.
Immigration

Hunger Strikers Protest Conditions at Adelanto ICE Detention Center

Li Lovett -
At least 20 immigrants detained at California’s Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County have gone on hunger strike.
Immigration

Asylum Seekers Must Pay New Annual Fee or Risk Rejection of Cases

ACoM -
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has set a strict deadline so that most asylum seekers will need to pay this fee by May 29, 2026. 
Politics

A Rural California County’s Crash Course on Democracy

Peter Schurmann -
How a legalistic breakdown of the Brown Act developed into something more akin to lifting the hood on the engine of our democracy. 
Immigration

Domestic Abuse Survivor Self Deports Rather Than Risk Losing Custody of Children

Julieth Gualtero Baquero -
Lucia fled cartel violence in Mexico with her children in 2023, only to fall victim to domestic abuse by her husband once in the US.
Health

Patients in Koreatown Are Delaying or Dropping Health Care

Nicole Chang -
Changes in Medi-Cal eligibility along with rising health care costs are driving many in LA's Koreatown to delay or forego appointments.
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