Letters to the Editor
Readers weigh in on the incoming administration’s promised crackdown on immigration being at odds with the country’s reliance on migrant workers.
California
The threatening letters came from a nonprofit headed by Stephen Miller, who is expected to be Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy.
World & Nation
Federal prosecutors are told in no uncertain terms that they will be on the front lines of an administration-wide effort to crack down on illegal immigration and border crime.
The City Council’s 11-2 vote to confirm Jim McDonnell as the next LAPD chief came amid renewed scrutiny of his record on immigration enforcement as president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Rodney Scott to head Customs and Border Protection and plans to nominate Caleb Vitello as acting ICE director.
Politics
Though a U.S. citizen killed revelers on Bourbon Street, experts say the incoming president sees advantages in blaming immigrants and Islam for New Year’s Day attack.
Tom Homan, Trump’s former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border.
When Jim McDonnell was L.A. County sheriff, he allowed federal immigration authorities to target people for deportation in the nation’s largest jail system. Now, with Donald Trump returning to office and McDonnell set to lead the LAPD, some advocates are bracing for a fight.
A federal appeals court ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, which shielded hundreds of thousands of immigrants from deportation.
Arrivals at the border are the lowest they’ve been since incoming President Trump first left office in 2021.