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“I’m at a point in my life that I don’t care if I ever go to the U.S. again,” a chef in Mexico tells L.A. TACO. “And I dare to say the way I feel is the way millions of Mexicans feel.” The full story: lataco.com/americans-movi…

ICE releases deaf Mongolian immigrant after holding him for months without interpreter calmatters.org/justice/2025/0…

JUST IN: A federal judge rules that the Trump administration must reinstate a policy to provide lawyers to people who are deemed mentally incompetent in deportation proceedings. It was terminated without a legally persuasive reason, Judge Ali finds. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/doc1/045111516…

Scoop: A WSJ reporter was slated to be part of the travel pool this weekend when Trump travels to Scotland. After the paper's Epstein story last week, the WH booted them from the pool. w/ @iriesentner politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas latimes.com/california/sto…

A 55-year-old man from Vietnam died in ICE custody on Saturday, the 14th detainee death reported by the agency in fiscal 2025, according to a notice sent to Congress and obtained by CBS News. ICE reported 12 detainee deaths in all of fiscal year 2024.

Federal agents arrested hundreds of workers after immigration sweeps at a California cannabis company, stoking fears that President Trump might target the marijuana industry. cal.news/4lWzO6M 📝 @akoseff

The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations. By @Janette__V 🐕 lataco.com/ice-raids-pets…

Today we published our 2nd story investigating the backgrounds of 230+ Venezuelan men Trump deported to Salvadoran. We did a first ever case-by-case analysis and found half were in the middle of their immigration cases, including dozens seeking asylum propublica.org/article/venezu…

Today is the 10th anniversary of CalMatters’ debut as a nonprofit California news site. I joined two years later and have never regretted it. It’s a minor miracle that such an organization exists solely to inform Californians about politics, thanks to readers and contributors.

The Border Patrol began conducting operations in Sacramento on Thursday, less than a week after a judge halted its wide-ranging LA raids. cal.news/3GySo66 📝 @wendyfry_ & @MrOlmos

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ended key support for Black farmers and will no longer use the term “socially disadvantaged,” saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination capitalbnews.org/usda-ends-dei-…

Stunning accusation in the federal government’s own motion to dismiss Kern County case: Agents were accused of coercing two to sign “voluntary removals” by “displaying weapons when they indicated they wanted to see an immigration judge rather than voluntarily depart”

‘There is no sanctuary anywhere:’ Border Patrol raids come to California’s capital Border Patrol agents moved their operations northward to Ca’s capital, targeting a Home Depot in Sacramento, more than 500 miles away from the border.  W/ @WendyFry_ calmatters.org/justice/2025/0…

UPDATE: Federal prosecutors say Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon fabricated this story to “generate public sympathy and solicit donations.” DOJ says she is being charged with “conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers.” justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/m….

A federal judge has barred the Border Patrol from conducting warrantless sweeps in the Eastern District of California after they went to places like Home Depot. Sacramento is in the Eastern District. calmatters.org/justice/2025/0…

ICE Agents Are Harassing the Courthouse Volunteers Who Assist Besieged Immigrants – Mother Jones motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

NEW: Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway. State and federal officials initially deflected questions about the boy being held at the facility, but eventually acknowledged he had been there. w @clurhealy miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

Many Mexican immigrants swept up in L.A. raids are deeply rooted in U.S. latimes.com/california/sto… via Patrick McDonnell and Cecilia Sanchez Vidal

Behind the masks: Who are the people rounding up immigrants in California? calmatters.org/justice/2025/0… by @chicanochico