Andrea Castillo
@andreamcastillo
@LATimes reporter covering immigration. She/her. Hablo español. Tips: Andrea(dot)Castillo(at)http://latimes.com. Signal: acastillo.01
10 years ago, Jim Obergefell changed the world for LGBTQ+ people, helping win marriage equality. I recently spent a couple days with him, in and around his hometown — where he lives again — and witnessed how his legacy lives on. Read here: latimes.com/world-nation/s…
This week, the editorial committee of Agence France-Presse, an international news agency headquartered in Paris, released a statement warning that “without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die.” cjr.org/news/journalis… via @cjr
Because of the Venezuela travel ban, "Gustavo Dudamel can no longer bring his Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in August. That now means that Dudamel will spend only a single week at the Bowl during his penultimate summer as L.A. Phil music director." latimes.com/entertainment-…
I spent time with Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and unable to speak. He was working at a car wash when ICE raided it. Diaz is a DACA recipient, allowing him to live and work in the U.S., but ICE arrested him and held him for weeks in El Paso. latimes.com/california/sto…
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…
Border Patrol raids in Sacramento intended to send message: ‘No such thing as a sanctuary state’ w/@brittny_mejia latimes.com/california/sto…
Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable? Past hiring sprees by the Border Patrol have proved challenging. One recruitment push resulted in a wave of high-profile corruption cases. latimes.com/politics/story…
NEW: L.A. County jails are handing inmates over to ICE for the first time in years. The transfers are being conducted in response to federal judicial warrants. latimes.com/california/sto…
L.A. will provide cash assistance to immigrants affected by raids latimes.com/california/sto…
The United Farm Workers union said it was told one worker fell several stories from a greenhouse and is not expected to survive. Seems to be the most serious injury to date tied to immigration sweeps that have unfolded over the last month. latimes.com/california/sto…
"If they can do this sort of thing to Abrego Garcia, to 238 people that nobody knows, and send them to CECOT forever with no due process, they can do that to anyone,” said Mr. Reuveni."
In An Interview With The Times, Justice Dept. Whistle-Blower Erez Reuveni Warns of Trump Administration’s Assault on the Law nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/…
Federal arrests in L.A. approach 2,800 since raids began, DHS says latimes.com/politics/story…
Making sense of the immigration provisions in the Republican mega spending bill that narrowly passed the Senate today latimes.com/politics/story…
An pastor filmed as ICE agents arrested two of his church members. He told the agents that the Iranian couple was fleeing religious persecution. They're asylum-seekers, he said. "It doesn't matter," one of the agents replied. My latest for @CTmagazine tinyurl.com/2w4m66ce
The ruling prevents a single district judge in Boston or San Francisco from blocking Trump’s policies from taking effect nationwide. But it doesn't decide on the constitutionality of Trump’s plan to limit birthright citizenship. Via @DavidGSavage latimes.com/politics/story…
To stay safe, some immigrants have swapped in-person activities with digital approximations. Others are simply shutting themselves away from society. latimes.com/politics/story…
Living in lockdown: Undocumented immigrants trade freedom for safety latimes.com/politics/story…
More than 1,600 immigrants detained in Southern California this month, DHS says —@andreamcastillo latimes.com/politics/story…
Scoop: Florida is building a detention facility for migrants nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades designed to help the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. DHS will help pay for the detention facility with money from FEMA. nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/…
ICE took her mother in Chicago. Now a 6-year-old is left without a guardian or a legal path to reunite in Honduras. A story about the children left behind by deportations—and the lack of infrastructure to care for them in the U.S or for reunification. chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/ice…