A dozen farmworkers sat in a circle of plastic chairs in a modest living room, listening as a union organizer talked about a bill she said would allow people to organize without fear, rebuild the union and improve conditions in the fields. The United Farm Workers of America drew...
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In order to get California localities on board the Secure Communities program, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had to resort to deliberate deception, fudging the facts as to whether the program was voluntary, what its priorities would be, and where it derived its authority.
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In California's 2010 race for Governor, Meg Whitman (R) lost -- and lost the Latino vote to Jerry Brown (D) by a stunning margin of 86-13%. She's now expressing concerns about her party's stance on immigration. Yet, a fellow California, Rep. Elton Gallegly, who chairs the U.S. House...
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Ending the day on a positive note, our neighboring state of Maryland passed an in-state tuition bill for undocumented youth, Tuesday evening. The bill now goes to the desk of Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, who is expected to sign the legislation into law, thereby bringing Maryland communities together.
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Elton Gallegly's zeal to get touch on immigrants would have profound consequences for California and the rest of the United States.
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Rep. Elton Gallegly is the most important California Member of Congress dealing with immigration that you've never heard of. But if his hard-line views become law, he could ruin the state's economy – and his party's prospects with Latino voters.
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A tea party member promoted an anti-illegal immigration bill Monday that is loosely modeled after one that drew attention to Arizona last year. The bill by Republican state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino County would go after so-called sanctuary cities and employers who hire illegal immigrants.
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The immigrants heard the engine slow as the pilot steered through breakers. Twelve hours earlier, they had shoved off from a beach near Ensenada. Now, they were bobbing off Red Beach at Camp Pendleton. Out in the darkness, California beckoned.
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Mar 21, 2011
Inspired by a highly publicized Latino naturalization drive, Asian Americans are fanning out to help immigrants across California—and eventually the country—become U.S. citizens.
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About two dozen white supremacists took to the streets in Claremont on Saturday to protest what they view as an unbridled flow of illegal immigration into the region, including the small college town. Their demonstration along Foothill Boulevard was interrupted by a counter-protest of more than 200 immigrant...
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