HUD threatens Santa Maria with fine over farm worker housing policy
Federal housing officials have ordered the city of Santa Maria to repeal its migrant farm worker housing ordinance or face a potential fine of $400,000. Read More …
Tag: Immigration
California to give hotel rooms to migrants seeking asylum
By JOSH FRIEDMAN California officials plan to allocate as much as $28 million in state funds toward providing hotel rooms and other services to migrants arriving from Mexico as they await Read More …
Supreme Court upholds Trump Administration rule on immigrant welfare
The United States Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Monday upheld a Trump Administration rule making it more difficult for immigrants who use government aid programs like food stamps, Medicaid and housing assistance to obtain green cards. Read More …
San Francisco sues Trump Administration over immigrant welfare use
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit against the Trump Administration over a new regulation that allows federal officials to deny green cards or entry into the country to immigrants who use government aid programs Read More …
California governor to pull National Guard troops from border with Mexico
Ratcheting up his clash with President Donald Trump, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering on Monday the removal of about 360 National Guard troops from the border with Mexico. Read More …
SLO County sheriff turned over at least 87 inmates to ICE in 2017
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office turned over at least 87 inmates to the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last year, according to a report presented by Sheriff Ian Parkinson on Tuesday. Read More …
Unlicensed legal consultant allegedly scammed Santa Maria farmworkers
An unlicensed legal consultant pretending to be an attorney allegedly scammed immigrant farmworkers on the Central Coast, resulting in two individuals paying a combined total of $12,000 in legal fees, only to have deportation proceedings initiated against them. Read More …
Judge rules Orange County city can ignore sanctuary state law
An Orange County judge ruled Thursday that the city of Huntington Beach does not need to obey California’s controversial sanctuary state law. Read More …
Cal Poly wrestler loses scholarship over slur at immigration protest
An incoming freshman on Cal Poly’s wrestling team lost his scholarship after he was filmed screaming an anti-gay slur during a feud between opposing sides at a protest over immigration policy. Read More …
Trump and California sanctuary state opponents bond at the White House
Leaders of the anti-sanctuary state movement in California met with President Donald Trump for a roundtable discussion Wednesday that included repeated references to cases of previously deported illegal immigrants killing Californians with Central Coast ties. Read More …