MORE ON: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Daily Report: Public Safety

Local jails may limit immigration holds to convicts

December 11, 2012, 12:05 AM
In the next year, many of California’s local jails might limit federal immigration “holds” to detainees with felony convictions, greatly reducing the number of people deported from the state solely for entering the country without permission. Gov. Jerry Brown met with leaders... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Few deportation cases dismissed, despite policy to ease courts' backlog

July 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Enrique Candia lives a quiet life. When he's not working, he takes care of his ailing wife and his three grandkids and makes sure his son is on track to finish college. Although he has no criminal record, the 56-year-old is facing a court battle that could take him away from his family for... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Obama deportation review might shrink Calif. court backlog

June 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
California’s clogged immigration courts are likely to receive relief under an Obama administration plan to avoid deporting young illegal immigrants brought into the country as children. The court in Los Angeles has a backlog of nearly 52,000 deportation cases, the nation’s... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Calif. border crossing sees most deportations

June 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
The San Ysidro port of entry – which separates Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego County – is the busiest land border crossing in the world, with more than 30 million people crossing into the country from Mexico last year alone, according to government statistics. U.S. Immigration and... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Ex-ICE intelligence chief charged in fraud case

April 19, 2012, 12:05 AM
A former intelligence chief for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 stemming from a travel voucher fraud and kickback scheme that has defrauded the government of more than $500,000. James M. Woosley, 48, faces one count of conversion of public... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Fewer face deportation because of criminal charges, data shows

December 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The number of people facing deportation because of criminal charges has declined steadily the past three fiscal years, according to data released by the U.S. Justice Department. Instead, in California and beyond, a growing number are accused only of entering the United States without... + read more
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