Immigration

Immigration and Customs Enforcement quickly opened a new detention center in a former California state prison last year. Detainees now are suing over their access to healthcare.

The records came to light as part of lawsuit alleging that federal agents used racial profiling to target Latinos.

Most immigrant detention centers are privately run and shrouded in secrecy. A bill would make records of 911 calls from the centers public.

The Trump administration is trying to lock down immigration detention capacity in California despite opposition from the state's Democratic leaders.

The ruling comes as scrutiny over the conditions inside immigrant detention centers in the Trump administration continues to mount. 

Immigrant detainees work for $1 a day inside a Geo Group facility in the San Joaquin Valley. The company settled a state complaint over conditions inside.

Private prison company CoreCivic will continue operating two large ICE detention centers in California after selling the properties to the Department of Homeland Security.

The new state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed includes $55 million for the DMV to build a data-sharing system, a program meant to bring the state in compliance with the federal REAL ID law.

Los Angeles Unified's superintendent went to great lengths to reassure families that children could safely attend school during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. He resigned amid an FBI probe into a contract he promoted.

As immigration agents conduct roving patrols, a Cal State Fullerton student reflects on the racial profiling her father experienced and how it inspires her to correct the narrative.