CALÓ News

12/06/2025

Get ready for Christmas shopping! Soon you can take care of all your holiday gifts in one stop at LA Plaza’s Holiday Artist Mercado located in the heart of Downtown LA, featuring all-handmade and all-local goods on Sunday, December 14.

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes is also hosting a Bad Bunny look-alike contest. The first 15 people who arrive in Bad Bunny attire can compete.

When: Sunday, December 14, 2025

Time: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location: 501 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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12/06/2025

To ensure schools throughout California are on the same page when it comes to dealing with immigration enforcement, Attorney General Rob Bonta has released updated guidance for schools to follow.

The updated guidelines are modeled after new laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this year. Those laws were centered around keeping immigration enforcement away from school campuses and ensuring school officials know their rights when it comes to dealing with law enforcement.

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12/06/2025

Raul Claros, a candidate running for Los Angeles City Council seat in District 1 has pledged to go above and beyond the councilmember role if elected in 2026. One of his priorities is to revitalize MacArthur Park.

Claros is a longtime active member of CD1 and co-founder and interim executive director of El Salvador Corridor Association. He is one of at least eight candidates vying for incumbent Eunisses Hernandez’ seat.

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12/05/2025

The Los Angeles city government has organized an event for Angelenos impacted by the justice system to provide employment, housing, education and wellness opportunities.

The Justice Fair 2025: “Gifts That Keep Giving” will feature more than 80 employers and service providers that will offer on-site job interviews, expungement services, housing assistance, financial coaching and mental health resources.

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12/05/2025

Twenty four years later, the hope for the legalization of people who were brought up to the U.S. as children – many of them already professionals or in higher education – has been revived with the reintroduction of the Dream Act of 2025.

The legislation, reintroduced on a bipartisan basis by the U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (IL) and Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK), would allow noncitizens without lawful status who were brought to the United States as children to reside here legally.

Eligible recipients have to meet certain education, military service or work requirements to earn lawful permanent residence and a pathway to citizenship.

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12/05/2025

A coalition of immigrant tenants and housing advocates rallied outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, urging officials to enact sweeping eviction protections before the Board adjourns for the holiday recess.

A coalition of immigrant tenants and housing advocates rallied outside the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting, demanding immediate action on sweeping eviction protections before the holiday recess. Under the banner “Evict ICE, Not Us,” organizers are calling for an eviction moratori...

12/04/2025

A coalition of tenants and housing advocates rallied outside the LA County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, urging officials to pass sweeping eviction protections before the holiday recess.

Under the banner “Evict ICE, Not Us,” they’ve been pushing for an eviction moratorium since federal immigration raids intensified in June—raids that organizers say have disrupted jobs, cut incomes, and put thousands of families at risk.

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12/04/2025

State Bar found LA attorney faked an ICE investigation in string of scams. He's facing disbarment.

This story was originally published by LAist.

12/04/2025

New rules for immigrant and temporary farmworkers not only threaten to cut their wages, but also to make it more difficult for these workers to have their legal work authorization approved.

The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security are in the final stages of implementing rules that will lead to significant pay cuts for H2-A workers and will eliminate the automatic extension of work authorization documents, which allows individuals to continue their work while their applications are being processed.

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12/04/2025

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12/04/2025

The Los Angeles city government has organized an event for Angelenos impacted by the justice system to provide employment, housing, education and wellness opportunities.

12/04/2025

On Tuesday, on a 4-0 vote, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would prohibit law enforcement, including ICE agents, from wearing masks or concealing their identities when conducting law enforcement business in unincorporated LA County.

Los Angeles County supervisors have taken a stand against secretive policing practices, voting 4-0 to advance an ordinance that would unmask federal agents and other law enforcement officials operating in the area.