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OPB's Dave Miller spoke with Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield about the new administration’s crackdown on immigration, and what impacts the policies could have on the state.

Since the 1970s, billions of dollars in federal contracts have gone to forestry work like replanting trees or fuels reduction. Oregon has long been a center for businesses getting those contracts. But that industry looked a lot different 50 years ago.

Washington, Arizona and Illinois joined Oregon in one case, while California and other Democratic states filed a separate lawsuit.

California sued Donald Trump 123 times during his first presidency. Trump lost about two-thirds of cases filed against his administration, but that doesn’t guarantee the same results this time around.

From international students to asylum seekers, the new administration’s plans could affect tens of thousands of people in the state.

Dr. Raphael Martinez chronicles the lives of undocumented youth, their movements and the laws that brand their humanity as "illegal."

Some sectors, like agriculture, will be hit directly. Many more could feel the ripple effects.

More than 115,000 children in California were undocumented in the most recent census count, and it’s estimated almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent.

In the years since Donald Trump's first presidency, Oregon lawmakers have updated the sanctuary law and added more rights and protections for immigrants.

The president-elect’s border policies could hit trade, privacy, and immigrant families living in California.

The news comes as immigration and allegations of voter fraud animate Republican politics nationally.

At the CalMatters Ideas Festival, two political experts debate the impact of young Latino voters driven more by economic concerns than immigration.