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@latimes.com: Federal judge holds government in civil contempt for not imaging immigration agents’ personal phones By Brittny Mejia @brittnymejia.bsky.social
Federal judge holds government in civil contempt for not imaging immigration agents' personal phones
In a newly unsealed order, a California federal judge held the government in civil contempt for violating a court order requiring them to forensically image any cell phone used by agents present more ...
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Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like “tonk” and “wet,” according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in a Monday night court filing www.latimes.com/california/s...
Immigration agents used slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...
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Federal prosecutors are moving to drop the case against David Huerta, a California labor leader who was arrested during the first day of a series of immigration raids that the Trump administration carried out in the region last summer. www.latimes.com/california/s...
A year after California labor leader arrested at immigration protest, feds move to drop case
The government on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the case against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California. Huerta hailed the move as a victory.
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A rising L.A. taco stand, a charred body and ICE: After a taquera and two of her employees allegedly killed a co-worker, our national immigration blitz may have complicated an L.A. murder investigation. My latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
She had an L.A. taco stand empire. Now she's charged in connection with her worker’s grisly death
The co-founder of the popular Tacos Rios Naomi stands and two other employees are charged with conspiring to kill a co-worker, whose burned body was found following a financial dispute. The investigat...
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Gangsters jailed in India smuggled drugs, orchestrated crimes in California, feds charge www.latimes.com/california/s...
Gangsters jailed in India smuggled drugs, orchestrated crimes in California, feds charge
Federal authorities and L.A. police arrested and filed indictments against organized crime groups whose leaders are based in India and accused of drug trafficking, extortion and the assassination of a...
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Trump prosecutor in L.A. pushing unusual public search for voter fraud before count is in (w/ @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social @brittnymejia.bsky.social): www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Trump prosecutor in L.A. pushing unusual public search for voter fraud before count is in
First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli is waging an unusual campaign to find election fraud in California despite DOJ guidelines saying not to during vote counting.
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Looks like Nithya Raman has pulled ahead of Spencer Pratt in the mayor’s race
My latest 'Monster who killed him': Matthew Perry’s former assistant gets more than three years in prison www.latimes.com/california/s...
'Monster who killed him': Matthew Perry’s former assistant gets more than three years in prison
Kenneth Iwamasa, who made $150,000 a year as a live-in assistant to Matthew Perry, is sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the actor's death.
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Recipients of DACA are facing months-long delays for work permit renewals. The immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are losing paychecks and bracing for possible deportation. Must-read by Andrea Castillo and @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
'Easily discarded': Processing delays leave DACA recipients jobless and fearing deportation
DACA renewal delays are costing some recipients their jobs and exposing them to deportation risk as the Trump administration chips away at protections for immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
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Scoop today: Arcadia mayor, accused of being Chinese foreign agent, strikes deal with feds and resigns I was in court today for Eileen Wang's initial appearance. Judge ordered her to refrain from communicating w/ the Chinese government www.latimes.com/california/s...
Arcadia mayor, accused of being Chinese foreign agent, strikes deal with feds and resigns
Federal authorities alleged that Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was cultivated to help promote pro-China policies, according to a plea agreement unsealed Monday.
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Read one of my latest stories: The Federal Public Defender's Office in L.A. has handled every protest and immigration enforcement related case that's gone to trial since June. They're 6 and 0 against the U.S. attorney’s office. Here's their story www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. public defenders are on a win streak as Trump's Justice Department charges activists
The federal public defender's office in L.A. was 5 and 0 against prosecutors in trials related to immigration raids and protests. Trial No. 6 was last month.
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Federal prosecutors have lost yet another immigration protest related trial in the Central District of California. This is the sixth trial that’s ended in an acquittal. By my count, they have yet to secure a guilty verdict from a jury. Feds had charged Isaias Lopez w/ assault on a federal officer.
The White House says attacks on ICE are up 1000% Court records in cities where federal law enforcement has been busiest tell a more complex story -- there are few serious injuries, and many allegations don't hold up in court. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Attacks on ICE up 1,000%? Trump administration claim not backed up by court records
The Trump administration has cited a more than 1,000% increase in assaults on immigration agents to justify aggressive tactics. But court records reviewed by The Times show the majority of the alleged...
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“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.” By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
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Beautifully written must-read by @brittnymejia.bsky.social Workers spend six-day weeks picking fruit in scorching heat, a job many Americans aren’t willing to do. Aging workers labor "until the body gives out" www.latimes.com/california/s...
Hard lives in California's fields: 'The American dream eats us alive'
Immigrant farmworkers toil, season after season, in jobs that most Americans wouldn't endure for a week. It's a rough life that takes a heavy toll.
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'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids
'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids
During a congressional oversight hearing in L.A. Monday, more than a dozen elected officials, experts and community members laid bare the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
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My latest: 'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on impact of immigration raids www.latimes.com/california/s...
'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids
During a congressional oversight hearing in L.A. Monday, more than a dozen elected officials, experts and community members laid bare the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration cr...
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I understand where you're coming from. My colleague @brittnymejia.bsky.social wrote a whole separate story about that the night before. She was actually the one who broke the news -- www.latimes.com/california/s...
Judge rules Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. is 'unlawfully serving'
A federal judge issued a split decision in response to a challenge over how the Trump administration installed acting U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli, declining to dismiss indictments he has overseen but find...
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BREAKING: A federal judge has disqualified Bill Essayli as acting U.S. attorney saying he “unlawfully assumed the role.” But says Essayli can keep his position as first assistant United States attorney. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Judge rules Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. is 'unlawfully serving' — but won't dismiss indictments
A federal judge issued a split decision in response to a challenge over how the Trump administration installed Acting U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli in his position as the region's top prosecutor.
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Here’s Angel reuniting with his family after he was arrested by Border Patrol outside of a @gavinnewsom.bsky.social press conference last month. Minguela has no criminal record and DHS said he was detained for overstaying his visa.
@brittnymejia.bsky.social · 11mo agoLast month, I wrote about Angel Minguela Palacios, who was arrested by Border Patrol while delivering strawberries. On Thursday, I was with his partner and their three kids when they welcomed him home after he spent more than a month in ICE detention www.latimes.com/california/s...
Last month, I wrote about Angel Minguela Palacios, who was arrested by Border Patrol while delivering strawberries. On Thursday, I was with his partner and their three kids when they welcomed him home after he spent more than a month in ICE detention www.latimes.com/california/s...
A strawberry delivery driver arrested by Border Patrol tries to make his way home
Angel Minguela Palacios was arrested in Little Tokyo last month. He spent weeks in immigration detention, hoping to get home to the love of his life and their three children.
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Last month, I wrote about Angel Minguela Palacios, who was arrested by Border Patrol while delivering strawberries. On Thursday, I was with his partner and their three kids when they welcomed him home after he spent more than a month in ICE detention www.latimes.com/california/s...
A strawberry delivery driver arrested by Border Patrol tries to make his way home
Angel Minguela Palacios was arrested in Little Tokyo last month. He spent weeks in immigration detention, hoping to get home to the love of his life and their three children.
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Protester found not guilty of assault against federal officer at L.A. immigration protest despite top Border Patrol official's testimony. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Protester found not guilty of assault despite top Border Patrol official's testimony
A misdemeanor assault case against Brayan Ramos-Brito was the first to go to trial after dozens of people were accused of impeding or attacking federal agents during protests against immigration enfor...
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This week, I attended an ICE hiring expo in Arlington, Texas. Thousands of people turned out and nearly 700 received tentative job offers. Here’s some of what I saw there www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE is hiring 10,000 agents. Some unexpected people want to join the Trump crackdown
Thousands of applicants turned out for a two-day hiring expo for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arlington, Texas, with many hoping to start a career as a deportation officer.
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Tostada shell appreciation post When my family was stationed in Germany the base commissary didn’t have tostadas so we had to fry up the tortillas by hand. Nothing like popping oil to wake you up quick
Last week, Border Patrol agents massed outside of a @governor.ca.gov news conference. They wound up arresting Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios, a strawberry delivery driver with no criminal record and just there to drop off fruit to a tea room. This is his story www.latimes.com/california/s...
He was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. 'The wrong place at the wrong time'
Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u...
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BREAKING: Trump administration asks #SCOTUS to lift federal judge's order barring "roving" immigration raids in Los Angeles area. Filing says 1 in 10 residents of the district are undocumented immigrants. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Brian Gavidia told us he was stopped by a Border Patrol agent in Montebello and despite telling him he was American, was pushed against this fence. He said he gave his real ID to the agent and never got it back. Here’s video his friend took www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
David Huerta has been released. Here he is embracing his wife outside the Roybal courthouse
A lawyer for Ambiance Apparel — the company that was the site of an ICE workplace raid on Friday — released a statement to me earlier today. There are reports that 46 people were detained there.
