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Commentary: 'Help Wanted/Leave Now!' How U.S. immigration policy remains maddeningly consistently inconsistent

9 September 2026 at 15:00

A new exhibition at the California Museum in Sacramento, 'Help Wanted/Leave Now!' focuses on the country's 'revolving door' of programs and practices toward immigrants.

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1954 photograph of undocumented Mexican workers (identified as "wetbacks" in a handwritten notation on the negative) await deportation by U.S. authorities to Mexico.

Confusion over protected status leaves employers and Salvadoran immigrants scrambling

11 September 2026 at 01:29

Thousands of Salvadoran immigrants nationwide faced uncertainty after the federal government failed to decide by a Wednesday deadline whether to extend or terminate their longtime temporary protections against deportation.

© Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES, CA SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 –– Salvadoran TPS holders, their families, and immigrant advocates attend a press conference on Sept. 10, 2026 at 10 to provide an update on the status of TPS designation for Salvadoran immigrants. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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