Norberto Santana Jr.
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at Voice of OC
Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of Orange County, CA-based nonprofit news agency,@VoiceofOC. Board alum @IRE_NICAR, @INN
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1 week ago |
voiceofoc.org | Norberto Santana Jr.
Residents are silently disappearing in immigration sweeps throughout Orange County as National Guardsmen are stationed in front of federal buildings in Downtown Santa Ana – a majority Latino city. Where do residents go when they’re caught up in the federal immigration sweeps? Are they criminals, day laborers or people who’ve overstayed their visas? How do families and others find out the fate of those detained?
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2 weeks ago |
voiceofoc.org | Norberto Santana Jr.
Today is Flag Day. With everything going on this week, I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on the one symbol that Americans, no matter their individual politics, can rally around and see themselves in. A protester marches with a half-American, half-Mexican flag in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 10, 2025, amid heightened immigration enforcement across Orange County.
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2 weeks ago |
voiceofoc.org | Spencer Custodio |Norberto Santana Jr. |Julie Leopo
As protests mount in downtown Santa Ana, local lawmakers and activists are asking concerned residents to remain active but peaceful in their demonstrations. Federal immigration enforcement in Orange County seemingly increased on Monday as activists and local lawmakers noted a marked increase of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arresting people in public.
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3 weeks ago |
voiceofoc.org | Norberto Santana Jr.
As political parties begin focusing on the 2026 congressional elections, Orange County’s Registrar of Voters – historically known for running stable elections – is generating uncharacteristic political drama.
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1 month ago |
voiceofoc.org | Norberto Santana Jr.
Out on a series of sharp plateaus along the Gypsum Canyon Wilderness, just beyond fields of mustard plants and sunflowers blooming this Spring, you can see the beginnings of Orange County’s state veterans cemetery. Officials are hopeful that by next Memorial Day, the cemetery that’s been debated for the last decade will be close to actually opening its gates. When it does, it will be the first public cemetery to open in Orange County in a hundred years.
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