LOS ANGELES - The Trump Administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the district court’s order in NTPSA v. Noem, which has preserved Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants who cannot safely return to Venezuela.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attempted to end the protections days after taking office in January. However, the federal district court put her decision on hold pending a final resolution in the case, finding that the secretary’s decision appeared to be motivated by racial bias toward Venezuelans and violated the law governing TPS.
FRESNO - In a win for civil rights amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a federal district court in California issued a preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Border Patrol from using stop-and-arrest practices that violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution. 
FRESNO - On Saturday, April 19, 2025, shortly before 5:15 pm, officers were dispatched to a ShotSpotter activation at Los Viejones Barbershop, located at 201 North Van Ness 
OAKHURST - The Madera County Sheriff's Investigations Bureau received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material activity occurring in Madera County. Detectives identified 30-year-old Oakhurst resident Bobby Dean Alexander as a suspect in the case.
SACRAMENTO - Fresno residents Marcus Asay, 69, and Antonio Gastelum, 53, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to five years in prison and two years in prison, respectively, for committing a long-running pension fraud scheme through their company, Agricultural Contracting Services Association dba American Labor Alliance (ALA), Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced. 
