WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats reached a deal with the White House late Thursday to prevent a partial government shutdown by moving to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks, providing more time to negotiate new restrictions for federal immigration agents carrying out President Trump’s deportation campaign. The deal follows widespread outrage over the fatal…
California Democrats have assumed leading roles in their party’s counter-offensive to the Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown — seizing on a growing sense, shared by some Republicans, that the campaign has gotten so out of hand that the political winds have shifted heavily in their favor. They stalled Department of Homeland Security funding in the…
How do you know what you know? Did you learn it in school, read it in a newspaper? Did you get your information on social media or though chatter with friends? Even in an age of misinformation and disinformation — which we really need to start clearly calling propaganda — we continue to rely on…
The off-duty federal immigration agent who shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year’s Eve allegedly whipped his sons with a belt and made racist and homophobic remarks in the past, according to documents obtained by The Times. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer Brian Palacios shot Keith Porter Jr. late on Dec….
Tabby Refael’s messages to Iran are going unanswered. For weeks, she has called, texted and sent voice memos to loved ones in Tehran, where massive crowds have demanded the overthrow of the country’s authoritarian government. Are you OK? Refael — a West Los Angeles-based writer and Iranian refugee — has texted, over and over. Do…