The Newark Police Department has become the first law enforcement agency in New Jersey to refuse the federal government’s requests to detain people accused of minor crimes who are suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, link according to immigration advocates. In enacting the policy, Newark becomes the latest city to opt out of the most controversial…
DetailsOne year ago, thousands of young undocumented immigrants across the country started lining up for a program that would allow them stay in the country legally — a program President Obama enacted administratively in the absence of congressional action. Since then, more than 500,000 people have applied Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)…
DetailsHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of California’s Democratic congressional delegation urged Gov. Jerry Brown in a letter this week to sign state legislation to prevent local police from detaining people based on their immigration status unless they have been convicted of a felony or serious crime. The letter, signed by 28…
DetailsGov. Jerry Brown got a letter from 28 California House Democrats this week urging him to sign the TRUST Act, medical which would limit how the state’s law enforcement officers cooperate with federal immigration efforts. The lawmakers – including all but two of the Bay Area’s House members – wrote that the bill “sets clear, uniform standards to limit burden…
DetailsTwenty-eight of California’s congressional representatives are throwing their weight behind state legislation that would make it harder to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally. The representatives — all Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco — sent a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown urging him to sign…
DetailsThe longest and costliest strike in the history of the steel industry hit the United States economy in 1959. Across the nation, the steel industry banked its furnaces, turned off the vital flow of steel, and many of the nation’s auto plants closed down in a few months with their supply of steel used up. Gone are the good old days of strikes
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