Central Coast Congressman Salud Cabajal has re-introduced a bill that allows DACA recipients to enroll in the military.DACA is a program that allows undocumented children who were brought to the U.S. at a young age to temporarily stay and work here.

The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors are dedicating more money to support immigrants affected by the ICE raids and demanding more answers from the Department of Homeland Security.

New details are emerging from last week’s immigration raid on the Central Coast. A U.S. Army veteran says he was wrongfully detained and violently arrested by federal immigration agents, even though he is a U.S. citizen.

Immigration advocates are calling on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to join an ACLU lawsuit that aims to stop the Department of Homeland Security from targeting people because of their race and the language they speak.

A California State University, Channel Islands professor has been released from federal custody following an immigration enforcement operation in Ventura County last week.

Jaime Alanis Garcia worked for the cannabis grower “Glass House Farms” for about 10 years. During the raid, he fell 30 feet and suffered a broken neck, fractured skull and a severed artery.

CenCal Health is the Medicaid managed care plan for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.Two new mandates include: a work requirement of 80 hours per month, and a requirement to requalify for Medi-Cal eligibility every six months.

In Ojai, city leaders have passed a new policy aimed at protecting vulnerable residents and strengthening public trust. The Ojai Care Policy is designed to safeguard trans individuals, undocumented immigrants and other marginalized groups.

According to The Congressional Budget Office, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would reduce federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $793 billion-dollars over the next ten years, which would affect CenCal Health, the Medicaid managed care plan, that supports over 242,000 low-income people in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Santa Barbara County is putting more than $200,000 toward mental health services for immigrants as federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers ramp up deportations in the Central Coast.