The Fresno City Council voted to take the next step on two grant programs, one for small businesses and one for residents to keep their homes, with a 6-1 vote Thursday. But, ambiguity in the resolution's language could run afoul of federal and state laws when it comes to granting...
Walters: The Politics of Slow Population Growth
During the first decade of the 21st century, demographers in California’s Department of Finance and those in the U.S. Census Bureau found themselves in a genteel conflict. Years by year, the two agencies’ estimates of California’s population diverged, finally reaching a gap of about 1 million human beings. It was...
2 Marines Allegedly Smuggle Immigrants at Border for Cash
Two Marines based at Camp Pendleton face federal charges after allegedly accepting money to pick up undocumented immigrants near the U.S-Mexico border. According to reports by Quartz and Marine Corp Times, the Marines were pulled over July 3 by a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Jacumba Hot Springs, near the...
Will Everyone Be Counted In 2020 Census? California Hopes So.
Counting every person in the United States is the goal of the census. Why? For one, the population totals from the decennial census determine the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives. Members of the House make and pass federal laws that impact the lives of...
ICE Gets More Prison Space for Immigrant Detainees
NPR is reporting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has acquired new space in federal prisons to house immigrant detainees — more than 1,600 beds. An ICE spokeswoman attributed the need for the additional beds to a "current surge in illegal border crossings" and the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance policy."...
Editorial: Why Is Valley GOP Mum About ICE Audits Targeting Growers?
The top officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement clearly are following President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda while turning a deaf ear to those worried about Valley agriculture and our neighbors who toil in the fields. Last week, The Fresno Bee reported that Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) sent a letter to ICE...
Want a Powerful Economy? Support the DREAM Act.
The final day for an Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was set to be Monday, March 5. In 2017, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced they would shut down the program. However, immigrants and the University of California filed separate lawsuits against...