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A customer buys Thai food at the East Hollywood Farmers Market, June 6, 2019. Photo by James Bernal for KPCC

Immigrant entrepreneurs continue to shape California’s economy

by David Wagner, KPCC June 19, 2019June 23, 2020

Immigrants tend to be bigger risk-takers than people born in California when it comes to starting a business. Here’s why that’s good for the economy.

Aimee Mestas, 20, considers herself lucky because she has Medi-Cal but worries about her family members who are undocumented and rely on home remedies when they are sick. Photo by Alex Horvath for CALmatters

California poised to go further than any state to insure the undocumented—too pricey, or about time?

by Elizabeth Aguilera June 5, 2019June 23, 2020

Diego San Luis Ortega—Visalia community college student, activist and Mexican-born Dreamer—says he plans to participate in the 2020 Census, regardless of the risk to him as an immigrant. Photo for CALmatters by Endrich Sanchez

For ‘hard-to-count’ California, 2020 census poses huge challenges and carries big stakes

by Martha Groves April 26, 2019June 23, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom during a meeting at the Divina Providencia Hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador. AP Photo/Salvador Melendez

Mission accomplished? Scoring Newsom’s trip to El Salvador

by Ben Christopher and Elizabeth Aguilera April 9, 2019June 23, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom listen to a recital of violins by young Salvadorans who belong to a music academy in Panchimalco, El Salvador, AP Photo by Salvador Melendez/Pool

“Because we punch above our weight:” Gov. Newsom says California deserves bigger say in U.S. immigration policy

by Elizabeth Aguilera April 8, 2019June 23, 2020

Marchers in Sacramento protest Trump administration immigration policies. Photo by Trevor Eischen for CALmatters

Welcome mat: How California has responded to influx of migrants

by Ben Christopher April 8, 2019June 23, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom with his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, visit the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero at Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador, AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, Pool

“The rhetoric is so toxic:” Newsom lands in El Salvador as Trump moves to end aid there

by Elizabeth Aguilera April 7, 2019June 23, 2020

Karina Gutierrez, a full-time immigration lawyer at University of California Riverside, helps students understand their legal status through consultations at her office at the UC Riverside camps. Photographed on March 4, 2019 in Riverside, California. (James Bernal for Calmatters)

Amid Trump’s border showdown, UC immigration lawyer comforts and fights

by Felicia Mello March 14, 2019June 23, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his proposed $209 billion budget on January 10, 2019, in Sacramento. Photo for CALmatters by Laurel Rosenhall

10 takeaways from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $209 billion budget

by Laurel Rosenhall and Judy Lin January 10, 2019June 23, 2020

Crista Ramos, 14, stands at a park in Richmond after a soccer match on Nov. 4, 2018. "I felt like I needed to speak up... and represent all the children whose parents have TPS and could be sent back," said Crista of why she is suing the federal government. Photo for CALmatters by Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED

California teen leads lawsuit to keep hundreds of thousands of immigrants in U.S.

by Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED January 3, 2019June 23, 2020