immigration

The Santa Barbara City Council voted to give $500,000 to local immigrant organizations in response to recent ICE enforcement activities.Local advocates packed a Special Council Meeting urging lawmakers to support families impacted by raids and educate the immigrant communities on their rights.

Rep. Jimmy Panetta toured the privately run Adelanto facility days after ICE blocked other members of Congress from making surprise inspection visits.

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.

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.

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

An annual celebration of Oaxacan culture on the Central Coast has been canceled this year. Organizers say immigration raids have left local indigenous communities feeling unsafe.

As immigration raids continue in California, the Mexican Consulate in Oxnard is urging undocumented residents in the Tri-County area to know their rights.

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.

An estimated 5,000 people marched through Downtown San Luis Obispo Saturday, according to the SLO Police Department. joining some 2,000 “No Kings” protests in cities throughout the country. Organizers say the demonstrations are a response to what they call 'authoritarian' actions by President Donald Trump—including military deployments and sweeping immigration raids.

Protests are continuing in Los Angeles in response to immigration enforcement operation and community leaders along the Central Coast are paying attention. Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse talks about how local families can prepare.