Rachel Uranga
Reporter at Los Angeles Times
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latimes.com | Rachel Uranga
Arvin, CA - February 03: Farm workers tie grape vines to wires in a vineyard near Arvin on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 in Arvin, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)A federal judge ordered the U.S. Border Patrol halt illegal stops and warrantless arrests in the Central Valley after agents detained and arrested dozens of farm workers and laborers — including a U.S. Citizen — earlier this year.
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latimes.com | Rachel Uranga
A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation patch on the uniform of a deputy warden during a media tour at San Quentin State Prison on July 26, 2023. A convicted robber who was at least the ninth person to escape a reentry program facility for California state prisoners this year has been captured in Las Vegas.
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gazettextra.com | Rachel Uranga
Parents and families are finding it harder to reunite with migrant children in federal custody after the Trump administration tightened security restrictions on sponsorships, according to lawyers and other advocates who work with them. The rules have put some undocumented families in a desperate situation, leaving children who crossed the border unaccompanied languishing for months in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the advocates say. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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latimes.com | Rachel Uranga
Unaccompanied migrant children watch TV in a playpen at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Donna, Texas, in 2021. Parents and families are finding it harder to reunite with migrant children in federal custody after the Trump administration tightened security restrictions on sponsorships, according to lawyers and other advocates who work with them.
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seattletimes.com | Rachel Uranga
The Justice Department’s move last week to fire at least eight immigration judges, including four from California, is raising fears among Democratic leaders, academics and others that the Trump Administration is chipping away at due process protections for immigrants. “These firings made no sense,” said Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, the union representing the nation’s 700 immigration judges.
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