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A woman from South Los Angeles has been federally charged for allegedly making false claims that she was kidnapped by immigration officials, the U.S. Department of Justice says. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, is charged in a federal criminal complaint with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officials.
Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon, 25, originally from Colombia, escaped from Delaney Hall during unrest at the detention facility on June 12 along with three others who have since been apprehended. No other information about Pineda-Mogollon’s arrest was released by the FBI.
In a searing ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles temporarily blocked the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate sweeps in immigrant communities, saying they probably violate the 4th Amendment.
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A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
A new report from UC Merced shows Latino and white people especially lost work after the Trump administration escalated immigration enforcement in L.A.
Nearly 3,000 people have been arrested since the beginning of June, more than three times the number in previous months this year.
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Trump’s bill allocates about $170 billion for border and immigration enforcement, with $4.1 billion for CBP hiring that includes 3,000 more Border Patrol agents. It comes at a time of historically low crossings after they reached a record high in December 2023.
LA County Republican Chair Roxanne Hoge calls federal immigration operations "political irony" as ICE conducts sweeps amid opposition from Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom.