Wendy Fry
Reporter | CalMattersWendy Fry is an Emmy-winning multimedia investigative journalist who reports on poverty and inequality for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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The Trump administration immigration crackdown swelled the population inside California’s immigrant detention centers. State investigators in a report described strained medical resources inside the sites.
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Advocates say 1 million unauthorized immigrants with California driver’s licenses are at risk under a state plan to share license information to a national database.
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California now has eight ICE detention centers. Two opened since President Trump took office in 2025, with both operating in former state prisons.
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Riverside County Sheriff and California governor candidate Chad Bianco launched an investigation into alleged voter fraud after hearing allegations from an activist group. But newly unsealed warrants justifying the investigation do not show direct evidence of voter fraud.
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A federal judge rules that the Border Patrol again broke the rules in California immigration sweeps, saying agents acted “without considering or complying with law Congress enacted.”
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The warden at a privately-run immigrant detention center in San Diego County has authority to decide how to investigate rape reports there. A county supervisor wants to revisit the agreement giving the company that power.
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The Trump administration handed down a rule that would cut the minimum wage for immigrants with H-2A visas, including farm workers.
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California is at the center of President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign for unauthorized immigrants. Now, the population of immigrants is decreasing across the U.S.
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The Border Patrol began conducting operations in Sacramento on Thursday, as two federal court rulings have ordered them to stop warrantless raids.
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A court ruling Friday orders a halt to a chaotic and relentless 36-day immigration crackdown that’s upended life across Southern California.
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As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants deep in the country, it’s sending Marines and soldiers to patrol the border.
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Along the California-Mexico border, immigrants at risk of deportation are seeking to live undetected through an unprecedented crackdown. But a returning President Trump issued a barrage of Inauguration Day executive orders designed to pull the military into border enforcement and punish states such as California for sanctuary policies. Court challenges are coming.