Aug 9, 2011
Citing the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration denied immigration benefits to a married gay couple from San Francisco and ordered the expulsion of a man who is the primary caregiver to his AIDS-afflicted spouse.
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His middle name is Diego, so I'm going to call him that, and I'll tell you he's 23. But if I give away too much identifying information, he's sure to lose his job. Or worse. Diego, who works in retail, was born in Mexico and got some tough news...
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Rep. Elton Gallegly's hometown paper, the Ventura County Star, editorialized in support of Californian's DREAM Act and noted the failure of federal authorities to deal with this issue. Gallegly is one of the federal authorities who deserves a lot of the blame.
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Jul 15, 2011
In the latest news regarding undocumented immigrant students, the California Senate has moved forward with a state version of the DREAM Act. Yesterday, state senators approved AB-130, by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles).
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California— breadbasket to the world, the eighth largest economy, home to Hollywood and the Silicon Valley, may soon face an economic free fall and agricultural collapse because of legislation sponsored by California Republicans in Congress.
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Last week, New America Media asked an important question about an industry directly impacted by immigration: Slow Flow of Immigrants Already Impacting California Farms? Some say yes. Others, not yet. But if Lamar Smith's E-Verify bill passes nationally, there will be a worker shortage -- and crops rotting in...
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The number of immigrants illegally crossing into the United States from Mexico has declined according to a new study, and some California farmers are already seeing the effects on their crops. "We've seen in the valley this year a reduction of labor that we haven't seen for five or...
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Democrats hoping to regain the majority in the House in 2012 might get a strong head start in California, where voters have handed the authority for drawing political boundaries to an independent citizens' commission. Analysts studying the panel's work are predicting that three to five seats now in Republican...
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Members of California's congressional delegation called on Gov. Jerry Brown Friday to join three other states in suspending participation in a controversial federal immigration enforcement program.
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Jun 10, 2011
Critics say a Homeland Security program that requires fingerprints of arrestees to be shared with immigration agents erodes trust between immigrants and police. Now some California congressional members are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to suspend the state's participation in the Secure Communities program.
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