The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced it is asking sheriffs in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other California counties for information on inmates in their jails wh

Los Angeles and other California counties were asked Thursday to provide the names of all undocumented inmates in their jail systems to the U.S. Justice Department. The requests were issued to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna and other sheriffs who are leading major law enforcement agencies,

The Department of Justice is seeking data from numerous California sheriffs on the inmates in their jails who are not U.S. citizens, escalating President Donald Trump's mass-deportation plans. The DOJ said it "will pursue all available means of obtaining the data,

An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s so-called sanctuary state law.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California should redraw its own congressional districts if Texas tries to gerrymander its lines. His idea faces long odds.

Some Democrats are calling on California to redraw its districts as Donald Trump presses for further gerrymandering in Texas.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday confirmed he's seriously considering two options to try to redraw California's congressional districts to get more Democrats elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

I’m very concerned Trump will actually try to turn Alcatraz into a gulag to hold the political prisoners ICE is sweeping off the streets,” San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener said in a statement. “We need to do everything in our power to fight this dangerous idea.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi visited the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay on Thursday, weeks after President Donald Trump said he would order the long-shuttered facility, now operated as a historical site,