As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests soar across the country, California is seeing a monumental shift in who the agency is targeting.

In the United States, immigration status has long created hierarchies within our society, where some can participate fully in public life, while others are excluded. These divisions have serious consequences for our communities,

California is about to put new restrictions on its legal aid fund often used by undocumented immigrants. Advocates are saying with all of the recent federal immigration actions, the timing couldn’t be worse.

Pietruszka said he only hires builders here in the country legally, but that he also relies on companies that employ highly skilled, undocumented labor. Many of those workers are now no-shows because they are fearful of the ramped-up Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Vice President JD Vance traded quips over the Trump administration's mass deportation policies after the vice president's vacation to Disneyland.

Jaime Alanis Garcia died days after he fell 30 feet during a chaotic raid on Glass House Farms in Camarillo, according to his family.

Mr Alanis's death, and the violent clashes that ensued at those cannabis farms, are the latest examples of the kind of chaos that has swept across southern California since the beginning of June, when immigration raids began to intensify in the region.

Reps. Mike Levin and Young Kim are among the group backing a bill to address legal status and protections for undocumented immigrations.