Immigrant-rights groups are vowing to protest if the University of California hires Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to head its school system, saying her record as chief of President Obama’s immigration policy has been “an unmitigated failure.” Ms. Napolitano announced Friday morning that she has been nominated to take the helm at the…
Last Tuesday, July 2, the Undocumented Caravan for the Trust Act arrived in Sacramento just in time to testify at the public safety committee hearing in support of the bill (AB4). We were certain that it would pass its way through much like last year, with no opponents except for the California Sheriffs’ Association, which seems to be run by a…
The Obama administration is deporting fewer people than it did in 2011 or 2012, but has ousted more than 110, 000 illegal immigrants this year who didn’t have criminal records, according to statistics that call into question the Obama administration’s public statements about its deportation policies. Continued deportation of rank-and-file illegal im…
The Obama administration is deporting fewer people than it did in 2011 or 2012, but has ousted more than 110, medical 000 illegal immigrants this year who didn’t have criminal records, according to statistics that call into question the Obama administration’s public statements about its deportation policies. Continued deportation of rank-and-file illegal im…
Days after a Saturday morning Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a popular flea market, stuff immigrant rights advocates are calling for an end to federal operations in their neighborhoods that they say only incite fear – and could make immigrants mistrustful of immigration reform. At 10:30 a.m. on June 29, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s…
Una docena de estudiantes soñadores e inmigrantes indocumentados mantuvieron durante horas un acto de desobediencia civil en las propias oficinas del gobernador Jerry Brown para presionarlo por la firma del Acta de Confianza, una medida que pondría fin a la colaboración de las policías locales con el Servicio de…
Activists staged a sit-in in and around Brown’s office. They hoped to meet with him about the TRUST Act, help which would prevent undocumented immigrants who’ve committed minor crimes from being turned over to federal authorities for possible deportation. Brown vetoed similar legislation last year. Carlos Alcala works in the office of As…
Activists staged a sit-in in and around Brown’s office. They hoped to meet with him about the TRUST Act, look which would prevent undocumented immigrants who’ve committed minor crimes from being turned over to federal authorities for possible deportation. Brown vetoed similar legislation last year. Carlos Alcala works in the office of As…
Americans traditionally treat Independence Day as an observance of the country’s hard-won freedom and liberties. But some activists say for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., there’s nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. “There’s a huge number of families who are not at liberty,” said Blanca Pacheco, an organizer with interfaith immigrants ri…
Americans traditionally treat Independence Day as an observance of the country’s hard-won freedom and liberties. But some activists say for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., there’s nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. “There’s a huge number of families who are not at liberty,” said Blanca Pacheco, an organizer with interfaith immigrants ri…