Immigration policies that lead people to legal status can benefit the health of individuals in Merced County and the whole community, a study form UC Merced professor found. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Immigration raid nets multiple arrests in Merced County and Central Valley
Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 10 arrests this week in Merced County, officials confirmed. ICE also made seven arrests in Madera and Fresno counties, according to a news release. A … Click to Continue »
Read More »Immigration hotline launches in Sacramento
Faith groups and labor leaders launched a telephone hotline in the Sacramento area to report activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Will A New Deal Prevent Immigration Raids In Madera County?
Since the beginning of April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced more than 350 arrests in raids from New York to Virginia to Texas. Presumably, they could happen anywhere at anytime. But a new quid pro quo with the government has Madera County hoping it can both do away …
Read More »FUSD To Consider ‘Safe Space’ Immigration Designation
Fresno Unified Trustees are putting forward a resolution to declare the school district ‘safe place’ for undocumented students. The move is in response to student concerns about the Trump administration’s deportation policies. Two-thirds of Fresno Unified School district students are Hispanic and district trustees say the heightened talk of more …
Read More »Immigration at forefront of Merced’s final town hall meeting
Concerns about immigration policies and how federal positions are shifting took center stage at a final town hall meeting hosted by Merced City Council members and the city’s staff. Nearly … Click to Continue »
Read More »Faith in Fresno focuses on immigration at Presidents Day rally
Faith in Fresno rallied Monday to bring attention to issues affecting both undocumented immigrants and the communities affected by federal immigration bans. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Immigration advocates tell Planada residents to ‘know their rights’
Local residents who may not have legal status, or whose family members are undocumented, were urged by immigration advocates this week to “know their rights” and to work with an … Click to Continue »
Read More »Man shot by Fresno police in jail on federal immigration hold
A man shot by a Fresno police officer early Saturday is out of the hospital and and is in Fresno County Jail, where he is being held on a federal … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘I’m scared all the time’: Trump’s immigration rhetoric worries UC Merced ‘dreamers’
Two houses just outside the city of Merced have become homes for about a dozen UC Merced students who, as undocumented immigrants, increasingly worry about their future. They are bracing … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston schools officially ‘safe havens,’ regardless of immigration status
Amid a push for Merced County cities to become “sanctuaries” for undocumented immigrants, the Livingston Union School District’s governing board last week voted for its schools to be “safe havens” … Click to Continue »
Read More »Supreme Court acts, and Obama’s immigration legacy takes a hit
In U.S. v. Texas, 26 states challenged Obama executive order Supreme Court deadlocks 4-4, affirms lower court; more than 4 million people affected Disappointed, Obama wants his nominee to highest court approved … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced students take up study of immigration history
Students at Fremont Elementary School in Merced took a look this week at the history of immigration in the United States. The history project allowed fifth-graders to experience what life … Click to Continue »
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