The day Marisa’s 14-year-old son was taken into custody from Orange County’s juvenile hall by immigration authorities in the summer of 2012, she set about trying to get answers.
Tag: Immigration
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Lost Boys: A Battle Over the Constitutional Rights of Undocumented Minors
Advocates say U.S. immigration officials routinely violate the constitutional rights of juveniles by interrogating them in juvenile detention before informing them of their rights.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Lost Boys: Counties Now Less Likely to Refer Juveniles to Immigration Authorities
Over the past several years, probation departments across California, from Orange County to Sacramento, have significantly overhauled the process used to determine when and if the agency should contact immigration authorities if a juvenile in custody is suspected of being undocumented.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
A Mother’s Hard Lessons Learned
A mother says that if she’d had a better understanding of her son’s juvenile justice proceedings, the information would have guided her decisions in court in the spring of 2012 when he was found delinquent for carrying a weapon – a pocket knife – on school grounds.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
An OC Teen Teeters on the Edge of Deportation
Alex had landed in Orange County’s juvenile hall after bringing a pocket knife to school in 2012. Since, he’s lived on a slippery slope toward deportation.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Lost Boys: Undocumented Youth Face Perilous Journey Through Justice System
For years, legal scholars and immigrant youth advocates have clashed with probation departments regarding the disclosure of confidential information about undocumented juveniles to federal immigration authorities without a court order. Part one of a four-part series.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
America’s Weed Rush
Voice of OC joins a nationwide network this week with exclusive dispatches from America’s top college investigative reporting prospects, delving into the well-funded and organized machine that’s driving marijuana legalization nationwide.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, News Briefs, Santa Ana
Man at Center of Santa Ana Police Beating Case is Arrested Again
Edgar Vargas — an undocumented immigrant whose beating by Santa Ana police officers drew national attention and a federal grand jury investigation — was arrested last week for allegedly running through homes and being high on drugs.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Lake Forest, Top Stories, Transportation
Lake Forest Councilman Wields Cash, Bribes and Rage
Adam Nick and his council colleagues have taken petty corruption and political infighting to the level of performance art.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
A Fighter Steps Out of the Ring
Orange County Employees Association General Manager Nick Berardino is retiring Friday after more than four decades at the union. He leaves a legacy that touches all corners of Orange County and stretches to Sacramento.
