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The funeral of Pope Francis will be held this Saturday in St. Peter Square.

Karen Garcia reports this marks the start of a rare and powerful moment in church history, the election of a new Pope.

Francis died Monday morning at the age of 88 from a stroke and irreversible cardio circulatory collapse. Now, 120 Cardinals will gather in a secret conclave to elect his successor,

who must win a two-thirds majority.

And for the first time in decades, no Cardinal from California will take part in the conclave.

Cardinal Roger Mahoney is barred from public duties due to his role in concealing sexual abuse.

And at 89, he's ineligible.

Conclave participants must be under 80.

No date has been set for the vote, but it must happen within 15 to 20 days.

Southeast Asian immigrants in Southern California are suddenly facing detention and possible deportation.

Reporter Melissa Gomez says many Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese immigrants have been picked up during routine check-ins.

These are often individuals convicted of a crime after arriving in the U.S., making them eligible for deportation

after serving their time. Now, those same people are being detained and in some cases deported.

For years, their deportation orders were on indefinite hold because their home countries

wouldn't take them back. Now, under the Trump administration, experts say those holds are being

lifted. Community groups in LA and Orange County report a sharp rise in detentions, while attorneys

say families are terrified and demanding answers. Last month, the Trump administration fired

more than 130 federal mediators and shut down a key labor agency.

Now that move is disrupting labor talks across California.

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