Amy Taxin

Amy Taxin

September 24, 2024 | The Recorder

California Judge Charged in Wife's Death Is Arrested on Suspicion of Drinking Alcohol While on Bail

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was previously out on $1 million bail. He is charged with the murder of his wife last year and has pleaded not guilty.

By Amy Taxin/The Associated Press

4 minute read

June 03, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Advocates Decry Delays in Release of Migrant Kids

A decades-old settlement governing the care of detained immigrant children calls for them to be released to family members, sponsors or other locations within 20 days.

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Amy Taxin

6 minute read

December 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Cities, Counties Plan Immigrant Legal Aid After Trump's Win

Major U.S. cities and counties are beefing up legal services for immigrants to help them fight deportation and avoid fraudulent lawyers in the wake of Donald Trump's election and his hard-line immigration enforcement promises.

By Sophia Tareen and Amy Taxin, Associated Press

10 minute read

June 02, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Report: Children's Asylum Approvals Vary by US Region

For unaccompanied immigrant children seeking asylum in the U.S., where they apply seems to make a world of difference.

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

9 minute read

May 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Ecuadoreans in US Seek Immigration Help After Quake

Ecuadorean immigrants are asking the Obama administration to allow their fellow citizens living in the United States illegally to stay here and work while the South American country recovers from a magnitude-7.8 earthquake.

By Amy Taxin and E.J. Tamara, Associated Press

2 minute read

April 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Immigrant Kids Placed With Adults Who Are in US Illegally

The vast majority of immigrant children who arrive alone at the U.S. border are placed by the government with adults who are in the country illegally, federal data reviewed by the Associated Press show.

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

8 minute read

April 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Advocates in 2 States Act to Improve Treatment of Immigrants

Advocates took action on two fronts Wednesday to push for better treatment of immigrants in federal custody, claiming they are having their belongings taken by U.S. agents and are languishing behind bars because of unfair bond conditions set by judges and others.

By Russell Contreras and Amy Taxin, Associated Press

8 minute read

December 04, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Records of man claiming to be Calif. spy unsealed

WEST COVINA, Calif. AP - A judge on Thursday lifted a seal on court records and transcripts that a Southern California man says will prove he was an informant for the FBI.Craig Monteilh claims he has not been fully paid by the FBI for spying on mosques - an activity that angered the Muslim community and brought accusations that worshippers and clerics were being targeted instead of possible terrorists.

By AMY TAXIN

3 minute read

October 14, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Broadcom co-founder bets he can still avoid prison

SANTA ANA, Calif. AP - Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli is gambling that an appeals court will accept a plea deal that would spare him prison time in one of the nation's largest stock options backdating cases.Samueli is leaving his guilty plea in place as he pursues the appeal, his attorney, Gordon Greenberg, said Tuesday during a hearing in U.

By AMY TAXIN

2 minute read

July 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Chinese-born engineer guilty of economic espionage

SANTA ANA, Calif. AP - A Chinese-born engineer was convicted Thursday of stealing trade secrets critical to the U.S. space program in the nation's first economic espionage trial.A federal judge found former Boeing Co. engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung guilty of six counts of economic espionage and other charges for taking 300,000 pages of sensitive documents that included information about the U.

By AMY TAXIN

3 minute read