The labor movement in the United States used to be “very anti-immigration,” said Jacob Remes, a labor historian and a professor at New York University. But that’s changed, particularly as immigrants have come to represent a higher share of the U.S. working class and its union membership.

The reduction in immigration judges comes as the Trump administration scales up efforts to deport immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

A federal judge in California struck a major blow to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda on Wednesday, voiding the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 60,000 immigrants from Honduras,

President Donald Trump focused on California as he cracked down on unauthorized immigration, sent the National Guard to L.A. and carried out high profile raids.

A new law that will prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from concealing their faces with masks goes into effect Jan. 1, while a Trump administration lawsuit to stop it is pending.

The laws add immigration status to protected medical information, limit where officers can be at schools and informs workers of their rights.

The Trump administration has dropped its opposition to a court order returning control of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to court papers obtained Wednesday.

A federal judge earlier this month ordered President Donald Trump to return control of some 300 California National Guard troops to the state.