In the late 19th century, in the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Japanese immigrants began arriving in California in search of opportunity, enticed by the promise of employment with mining ...

The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...

The state’s leader said that ‘by changing this term, we are ensuring California’s laws reflect our state’s values’. California will remove the word “alien” from its state laws after Governor Gavin ...

U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro wants the federal government to drop the word "alien" from its laws and other official documents, NBC News reported. Castro, a Texas Democrat, has introduced a bill to strike ...