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Report criticizes deportation program, urges changes

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 8:29am

LOS ANGELES -- A federal task force charged with reviewing the Secure Communities deportation program said that the controversial initiative has had an "adverse impact" on community policing and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has provided inaccurate or incomplete information about the program to states and localities.

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Father who threw son overboard charged with child abuse

Paloma Esquivel Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 3:07pm

LOS ANGELES -- A father who threw his 7-year-old son overboard while on a harbor cruise was charged Wednesday with felony child abuse and endangerment as well as resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.

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Another Yosemite hiker dies in fall from Half Dome

Paloma Esquivel Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 3:17pm

LOS ANGELES -- A hiker who died in Yosemite National Park this week after plunging down the face of Half Dome was identified Wednesday.

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'Low-priority' immigrants won't be deportation targets

Paloma Esquivel Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 6:07pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Obama administration announced Thursday that undocumented students and other low-priority immigration offenders will not be targeted for deportation under enforcement programs.

The announcement marks further steps to stop the deportation of people it considers "low-priority" immigrants like so-called DREAM Act-eligible students and those with long-standing family ties in the country. These eligible students are those who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children by their parents.

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