LOS ÁNGELES, Estados Unidos, jul. 08, 2014.- Activistas de la organización CARECEN visitaron hoy en California a los menores indocumentados en la Base Naval de Ventura para verificar las condiciones en que se encuentran antes de ser reubicados con sus familias en el país.
By: John Cádiz Klemack and Jason Kandel
About 200 people rallied Tuesday in support of migrant children temporarily housed at a shelter at the Naval Base Ventura County.
The rally came as state legislators toured the facility where 568 minors were being housed. The federal government has contracted with the Southern California base to have the children housed for 120 days. Most of the children who have been through the base have been reunited with family members already in the United States. The rest have been sent back to their home countries.
By: Patrick McGreevy
Two decades after California voters approved Proposition 187, barring public services to those in the country illegally, Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday that the political tide has turned in the state with a growing wave of Latino voters demanding more tolerant policy from Sacramento.
The power you represent is growing and it is growing in very important ways. - Gov. Jerry Brown
By: Melanie Mason & Patrick McGreevy
Two decades after California voters took a hard line on illegal immigration, affirmative action and bilingual education, an ascendant class of Latino lawmakers is seeking to rewrite the books and discard the polarizing laws.
LOS ÁNGELES.- Con mariachi y aplausos fue recibido el gobernador de California, Jerry Brown, quien fue escoltado por asambleístas y senadores estatales, así como concejales y activistas de Los Ángeles, quienes expresaron su agradecimiento por las leyes aprobadas durante su gestión a favor de los migrantes.
By: Patrick McGreevy
A group of state lawmakers said Wednesday they have drafted legislation that would repeal key provisions of Proposition 187, the ballot measure approved by voters 20 years ago that sought to withhold many public services from immigrants in the country illegally.
The federal courts overturned almost all provisions of the ballot measure as unconstitutional and it was never enforced, but it remains in on the books, according to Sen. Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles), the primary author of the repeal bill.
By: Cynthia Moreno
SACRAMENTO — Without immigrants, "there is no economy" in California.
That is what Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella, believes.
At the 18th annual Immigrant Day last Monday, Pérez gave an impromptu speech on the west steps of the state Capitol to nearly 500 immigrants, community leaders, clergy and advocates.
Pérez said immigrants make up a third of the state's work force and a quarter of the total population, yet they continue to be deprived of the most basic of rights.
Por: Araceli Martínez Ortega
Hispanos de todas las áreas fueron reconocidos por la bancada latina de la legislatura de California con los premios al Espíritu Latino.
“Desde servidores públicos hasta periodistas, artistas y atletas, nuestros homenajeados este año son una muestra de los avances que los latinos han hecho en sus comunidades, a través del estado y la nación”, dijo el senador Ricardo Lara, presidente de la bancada latina en la legislatura estatal.
By: Josie Huang
Latino legislators and immigrant advocates are urging the Department of Homeland Security to drop its opposition to the planned design of licenses for California drivers in the country illegally.
In a letter to the state Department of Motor Vehicles, federal officials stated that the design of the licenses being rolled out in the coming year does not meet national security standards.
But supporters of the proposed design say that careful thought went into creating a license that would not draw undue attention to immigrants.
