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Gregory Bull/APGov. Gavin Newsom visited the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, railing against President-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff threats and the economic damage a 25% tax on goods coming from Mexico would likely have on the binational region and the state. -
Chris Carlson/AP PhotoA possible migrant detention facility within two hours of San Francisco has some lawmakers concerned.
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Some sectors, like agriculture, will be hit directly. Many more could feel the ripple effects. -
In the first Trump administration, California passed a 鈥淪anctuary State鈥� law that, with some exceptions, prohibited local law enforcement from automatically transferring people to federal immigration authorities. Now the state is readying legal challenges to thwart a second Trump administration鈥檚 mass deportation plans. -
In the years since Donald Trump's first presidency, Oregon lawmakers have updated the sanctuary law and added more rights and protections for immigrants. -
The president-elect鈥檚 border policies could hit trade, privacy, and immigrant families living in California. -
A memo by two Republican state lawmakers is the latest sign that the party believes it will benefit in November by attacking Democrats鈥� record on the nation鈥檚 southern border. -
President Biden鈥檚 executive action could allow border agents to immediately return migrants to Mexico without considering their asylum claims. While the White House says the new measures will bring order, advocates for migrants say it could cause more chaos and danger. -
U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains. -
Sixteen Republican lawmakers and legislative candidates from Oregon plan to visit the Arizona-Mexico border on Monday, arguing that lax security around the southern border exacerbates the drug crisis in Oregon, 1,000 miles north. -
Migrants can sue an air transport company that they say misled them when it flew them from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. A judge dismissed claims against Florida officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
The proposal would have meant challenging a federal law that bars employers from hiring undocumented immigrants. Advocates requesting the change argue that the University of California, as a state agency, is exempt from that law. -
More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage. -
Democrats in California and elsewhere are divided on the Gaza war. But there鈥檚 another bloody war, in Ukraine, and on that, key California members of Congress are also split from the White House.
