Immigration

Dreamers as well as asylum seekers will no longer be eligible to apply for a popular federal home loan program. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Thursday executed a search warrant in Irvine as part of a criminal investigation.

An Irvine man, who recently moved to New York, is accused of doxxing, sharing personal information online without authorization. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will require permanent residency from applicants starting on March 25.

A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

Migrants detained in Texas sent an SOS message for fear of being deported to El Salvador.

Andry Hernandez Romero was sent to El Salvador’s mega prison amid the Trump administration’s push to deport undocumented immigrants. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

A man said to be an undocumented immigrant spent six hours up in a tree avoiding arrest by ICE, but he eventually surrendered to authorities.

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after a judge ordered his release from federal immigration custody on Wednesday, weeks after armed DHS agents detained him in Vermont during his naturalization interview.

A judge ruled Border Patrol agents cannot arrest someone unless they have a warrant or reason to believe the person may try to flee.

As President Trump’s new executive order threatens to pull funds from sanctuary cities and states, California and Los Angeles could lose hundreds of millions of dollars. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April, 29, 2025.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is taking measures to protect its students amid heightened concerns over President Donald Trump’s hard stance on immigration, the district’s superintendent assured.

Undocumented immigrant Alfredo Linares and his U.S. citizen wife made the tough decision to leave the U.S. for Mexico. 

Alfredo Linares had to leave Los Angeles, a place he called home for 20 years. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025.

The brother of a day laborer who was detained by federal agents outside a Home Depot parking lot said his family is doing all they can to free their loved one. Christian Cazares reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025.

Amid rising concerns from the immigrant community in Los Angeles, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho discusses student safety in their classrooms. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025.

One of 10 day laborers detained by federal agents last week outside a Pomona Home Depot is being held at a detention center in southeastern California as a nonprofit group pursues his release, family members said Monday. Ramon Domingo said his brother Jesus Domingo Ros has no criminal history and, like the rest of the family’s four siblings, works jobs…

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan defended his agency’s removal of three U.S. citizen children last week. “The parents made that decision, not the United States government.”

Close to 100 posters with photos of alleged criminal migrants were placed in front of the White House late Sunday. The Trump administration has not offered details about those alleged crimes, or if any of the people shown have been convicted of those crimes.

In recent days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have deported two mothers: one with her U.S. citizen 2-year-old child and another without her child.