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One Year After Georgia Hyundai ICE Raid, Community Fear Persists

Jongwon Lee -
One year after ICE raided Hyundai-LG’s Georgia battery plant, fear amid renewed ICE activity still grips the community.
Immigration

Trump’s Public Charge Rule Threatens Food and Health Safety Nets for Immigrant Families

Sunita Sohrabji -
The Trump Administration is resurrecting the public charge rule, which is set to go into effect Sept. 18.
Immigration

Mass Deportation Drains America’s Small Towns

Selen Ozturk -
In rural America, communities that leaned on immigrants to revive their workforce and economies are watching that lifeline disappear.
Op-Ed

From the ‘Worst of the Worst’ to the Easiest To Arrest: How AI Is Powering Immigration Enforcement

Edward Kissam -
AI hacking incidents at OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic raise questions about the tools now powering DHS's shift to easiest-to-arrest immigrants.
Health

Major Medi-Cal Changes Are Coming in 2027 — What Enrollees Need to Know

Selen Ozturk -
The most significant changes to Medi-Cal in years are coming next year, and officials urge the 14 million Californians enrolled to prepare.
Immigration

Fear, Anxiety and Resolve as End of TPS Protections Loom for Salvadorans

Araceli Martinez -
Isela García is among the more than 200,000 Salvadorans in the US with TPS. The program is set to expire September 9.
Immigration

‘Profiteering off of Human Suffering’ — California Lawmakers Move To Rein in Private Detention Facilities

Peter Schurmann -
California's Latino Legislative Caucus is advancing a series of bills aimed at tightening regulations of private detention facilities in the state.
Immigration

Californians Have a Right To Know About 911 Calls From Ice Detention Centers

Paloma Esquivel -
If passed, CA Senate Bill 423 would require disclosure of 911 calls and related records from privately-run detention centers in California.
Immigration

Judge Orders Bond Release for Ecuadorian Woman Detained at Denver International

Laura Larkins -
The case is drawing national attention as an example of the administration’s increasingly aggressive efforts to deny detained immigrants their due process rights.
Immigration

ACLU Report Details Rampant Violations, Lawlessness in Trump’s Immigration Enforcement

Edward Kissam -
The authors examined over 1,200 instances of immigration enforcement across eight states, finding potential violations in nearly one out of four encounters.
Spotlight Community Media

Chico PD Granted ICE, Border Patrol, Access to Its ALPR Data

ChicoSol -
The Chico Police Department says it has shut off license plate reader data sharing that, until July 8, appears to have been in violation of state law.
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