LOS BANOS — The parade of plaid-shirted gentlemen sat politely in the octagonal Germino Building at the Merced County Fairground. About 200 farmers participated in a town hall meeting Friday with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and four California congressmen. Perdue answered hot-button ag issues about tariffs and labor with...
Supreme Court to Rule on Trump Bid to End Dreamers Program
WASHINGTON — Adding a high-stakes immigration case to its election-year agenda, the Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether President Donald Trump can terminate an Obama-era program shielding young migrants, known as dreamers, from deportation. The justices' order sets up legal arguments for late fall or early winter, with...
Rhodes Scholar Class Features Plenty of Women, Immigrants
BOSTON — The latest crop of U.S. Rhodes scholars has more women than any other single class, and almost half of this year's recipients of the prestigious scholarship to Oxford University in England are either immigrants or first-generation Americans, the Rhodes Trust announced Sunday. Among the 32 winners is Harvard University senior...
Appeals Court Rules Against Trump on DACA Immigrant Policy
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. appeals court blocked President Donald Trump on Thursday from immediately ending an Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation, saying the administration's decision was arbitrary because it was based on a flawed legal theory. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
California Governor Vetoes 2 Bills to Help Immigrants
SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two bills Thursday seeking to expand the rights of immigrants living in the country illegally and protect them from deportation. One bill would have allowed anyone to serve on state boards and commissions regardless of their immigration status, while the other sought to...
Immigration Raids Can Rip Apart Communities
U.S. immigration agents raided an Ohio gardening company on June 5, arresting 114 suspected undocumented workers. This followed other large workplace raids, including a raid on a rural Tennessee meat-processing plant in April. The raids suggest the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is returning to sweeping immigration enforcement tactics not...
They Fought for Our Country. Now They Are Forced to Leave.
Imagine sitting at the San Ysidro border crossing and peering over the horizon. One side is Mexico. One side is California. A constant stream of cars and people on foot easily crosses back and forth, except for a growing brotherhood of deported U.S. veterans. The words ‘"deported" and "veteran" seem...
Take 5: Costa Pushes Back Against Trump, Seeks Immigration Fixes
When it comes to immigration, Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, has a lot on his mind, as he details in the video above. President Donald Trump's comments decrying immigration from places he described as "shit-hole" countries have appeared to further polarize debate over that already-contentious issue. The controversy has also added to...
Take 5: Costa Pushes Back Against Trump, Seeks Immigration Fixes
When it comes to immigration, Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, has a lot on his mind, as he details in the video above. President Donald Trump's comments decrying immigration from places he described as "shit-hole" countries have appeared to further polarize debate over that already-contentious issue. The controversy has also added to...