We’ve brought you stories about undocumented immigrants in the San Joaquin Valley before, and many of them are struggling with changing policies under the Trump administration. Now, we speak to a journalist whose latest project covers immigration — through photography. Matt Black is a photojournalist based in Exeter, and his …
Read More »Fresno Bee Reporter On Fraud Against Immigrants Seeking Documentation
Since coming into office in 2017, President Donald Trump and his administration have instituted a multitude of executive orders and other changes to federal policy that have disrupted the lives of both documented and undocumented immigrants. Closer to home, however, fraud and deceit here in the San Joaquin Valley are …
Read More »They marched in Livingston for immigrants, farm workers and Dreamers
People in Livingston took to the streets Sunday to honor Cesar Chavez and support farm workers, immigrants and Dreamers around the Central Valley and state. More than 100 people chanted … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County denies ‘Health 4 all’ push for undocumented immigrants
A vote against the plan to offer health coverage to undocumented immigrants in Merced County failed to gain support from supervisors on Tuesday, disappointing advocates. Speaker after speaker at the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Undocumented immigrant’s death in Atwater prison investigated as suicide, staff says
The death of an inmate found Thursday in his Atwater cell is being investigated as a suicide, according to U.S. Penitentiary Atwater officials. Rodolfo Melendez-Garcia, 36, who was imprisoned for … Click to Continue »
Read More »A child of immigrants, UC Merced chief mirrors the student population
UC Merced’s new police chief is an immigrant and first-generation college student, a reflection of the college’s population, officials said Tuesday. Chou Her was sworn in Tuesday as police chief … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced advocates call for ‘sanctuary’ status for undocumented immigrants
Opponents of the Trump administration’s changing immigration policy held a news conference, one of a handful in the Central San Joaquin Valley, outside the Merced County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Immigrants, militarized police and more for UC Merced Human Rights Film Festival
The 11th annual Human Rights Film Festival comes to Merced in February and March, according to organizers. The film series is meant to drive discussion about human rights through the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Arts Center looking to collect stories of immigrants
The Merced Multicultural Arts Center will host a participatory art project focusing on immigration stories, according to organizers. The event is called the People’s State of the Union and has … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump ban on immigrants bars people with ties to central San Joaquin Valley
Hifa Habbaba, 67, left Fresno in November to visit her husband in their native Syria. Now Habbaba, a legal United States resident, worries she won’t be allowed back to the … Click to Continue »
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