U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Deadline for Undocumented Youth to Renew ‘DACA’ Status is Today

Countywide

By Nick Gerda | October 5, 2017

Among U.S. counties, Orange County has the fourth-largest population of people eligible for DACA protection, with an estimated 54,000 eligible last year, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute.

Santa Ana Reverses Plans to Downsize Jail, After New Plan is Said to Save Money and Jobs

By Nick Gerda | August 3, 2017

City Council members had voted in June to reduce staffing at their mostly-empty jail. But a new plan emerged to house additional U.S. Marshals inmates, which the acting police chief said would reduce the city’s budget deficits and save jail jobs.