Immigration Reform Efforts Applauded By South Bay Day Laborers
Talk of sweeping immigration reform on Capitol Hill is being cheered by day laborers in Silicon Valley, although there are still concerns about the nuts and bolts of the proposal.
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Talk of sweeping immigration reform on Capitol Hill is being cheered by day laborers in Silicon Valley, although there are still concerns about the nuts and bolts of the proposal.
There's a California population shift with Asian immigrants replacing Latin America as the primary source of the state's immigrants.
A child pornography investigation led by federal immigration agents led to the arrests of more than 200 suspects, authorities announced Thursday.
The University of California, Berkeley says a $1 million gift will help provide scholarships to nearly 200 students who are illegal immigrants.
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has faced controversy over his stance on immigration, said he was denied a meeting on Thursday with San Francisco students who wrote to him about the issue.
A new policy in Alameda County is instructing prosecutors to consider filing lesser criminal charges for some legal immigrants in an effort to avoid mandatory deportation.
Workers at La Boulange told CBS 5 they could be fired in two months because they are illegal immigrants, after receiving letters from their new owner. Up to 400 workers could lose their jobs.
A Department of Homeland Security audit prompted San Jose-based Mi Pueblo foods to participate in a federal program that verifies a prospective employee's immigration status, the supermarket chain said Friday.
Gov. Jerry Brown may have approved a bill allowing some illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses, but it wasn't good enough for some immigrant advocates.
Some illegal immigrants could get California drivers licenses under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to issue a policy memo stating illegal immigrants with American same-sex partners are eligible for consideration of having their deportation put on hold.
A UC Berkeley-Field Poll shows more than two-thirds of California voters favor a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, but many voters don't believe in granting them the same entitlements as legal residents.
Labor groups and immigrant rights activists are planning a San Jose protest Thursday following the decision by Northern California's largest Latino market chain to begin using an employment eligibility verification system.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith has entered the immigration debate, taking a stance that departs from other sheriffs around the state.
Republican efforts to promote hatred across racial and religious lines are heating up this electoral season. They have found a new warrior to promote the cause in Arizona, Gabriela Saucedo Mercer. Mercer has questioned whether Middle Easterners should be in the US "either legally or illegally".
Consulates from several Latin American countries are visiting San Francisco for Labor Rights Week which largely focuses on undocumented immigrants and protecting them from unsafe working conditions.
Yesterday the Obama administration put in place provisions of the DREAM Act that brought many young people out of the shadows to participate in the American Dream. On the same day a judge in Pennsylvania let stand what may be the most egregious attempt at voter suppression in a generation.
Immigrants and advocates in San Francisco celebrated Wednesday's start of the federal government's new deferred deportation policy, but at the same time urged young people applying for the program to make sure they get good legal advice.
President Obama won big this week with the Supreme Court decisions on Obamacare and immigration. While Mitt Romney and the Tea Party couldn't have had a worse week.
After the Supreme Court decision on the Arizona immigration law, SB 1070, the Obama administration announced that it is revoking agreements with Arizona police over the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
A new reports suggests the Bay Area needs to make some major changes if it wants to maintain its technological edge on a global scale.
While neither side has totally won, the high court's decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070, is definitely a blow to President Barack Obama.
President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder won an overwhelming victory as the Supreme Court struck down 3 of 4 provisions of the controversial Arizona immigration law, SB 1070.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is praising Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down several parts of a controversial Arizona immigration law enacted in 2010.
A key policy committee recently approved legislation that would limit the state's participation in a federal fingerprinting program that calls for local jails to help immigration officials deport arrestees who are in the United States illegally.
