NEW YORK — Wearing white T-shirts with the message "We are All Human Beings," more than two dozen immigrant children and their parents joined Logic and Ryan Tedder on stage Monday night at the MTV Video Music Awards to protest President Donald Trump's separation and detention policy. The children, including...
Trump Honors Federal Immigration Officials at White House
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a White House event Monday to pay tribute to federal immigration officials, returning to the fight over the U.S. southern border. The president was honoring employees of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Customs and Border Protection. The federal agencies have been...
Why Anti-Trump Latino Voters Won't Swing the Midterms
The Democratic Party shouldn’t count on Latinos swinging many midterm races their way this year. Approximately 27.3 million U.S. Latinos are eligible to vote in November’s midterm elections – 12 percent of all eligible voters, according to the Pew Research Center. Democrats hope that this big bloc of voters will...
Rep. Valadao Upset With Immigration Protest at His House
Congressman David Valadao is calling an immigration protest at his house a case of uncivil discourse. A group of protesters congregated outside of Valadao’s Hanford home this morning (Aug. 15), with his wife and three children inside. Valadao was not there. About 10 CHIRLA Action Fund protesters gathered on a...
Fox's Ingraham: I Wasn't Talking About Race
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel's Laura Ingraham says she disavows the support of white nationalists and claims that her views about the nation's demographic changes have been distorted. The prime-time personality responded to critics of her commentary that massive demographic changes that most Americans don't like have been forced...
For Now, Army Suspends Discharges of Immigrant Recruits
The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday and dated July 20 spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of men and women who enlisted in...
75% of Americans Say Immigration Is Good. Is Trump's GOP Listening?
Here in the Valley, Republican congressional incumbents such as Jeff Denham of Turlock and David Valadao of Hanford are pushing hard for immigration reform. Elsewhere in America, some GOP House candidates are embracing President Donald Trump's fiery rhetoric about building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico and voting...
Court Strikes Down Trump Push To Cut 'Sanctuary City' Funds
SAN FRANCISCO — A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday struck down a key part of President Donald Trump's contentious effort to crack down on cities and states that limit cooperation with immigration officials, saying an executive order threatening to cut funding for "sanctuary cities" was unconstitutional. In a 2-1...
Will He or Won't He? Trump Sows Confusion on Shutdown Plans
WASHINGTON — Will he or won't he? President Donald Trump is sowing confusion about whether he's committed to keeping the government open through the fall elections or would willingly shut it down to secure more money for his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump on Tuesday escalated his public...
Young People Are Looking for Younger Leaders: Poll
WASHINGTON — Young people are looking for a change this election season — a generational change. A poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV found that most Americans ages 15 to 34 think voting in the midterm elections gives their generation some say about how...