Immigration

I work, I pay taxes and I am a DACA recipient. And, like others in the DACA program, we are all anxious, as we await the U.S. Supreme Court decision, which is expected by June.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must prevail against discrimination and hateful attacks against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

The number of undocumented entrepreneurs are a growing in the US, and it is one of the main ways that immigrants can thrive in America’s workforce.

The Trump administration is considering cutting the pay of guest visa farmworkers during the coronavirus pandemic to help the farm industry. But California growers aren’t thrilled: They say it won’t help them much with their financial crisis. And they worry that it might even hurt them by creating uncertainty for their essential employees, prompting them […]

Newsom's coronavirus spending comes under scrutiny. Undocumented immigrants eligible for unemployment benefits. Voting by mail faces new test.

California partnered with philanthropies to provide up to $1,000 in coronavirus relief to households with undocumented workers, and committed to ramping up virus testing at community clinics serving poor and undocumented patients.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Hector had a stable job as a cook at an Italian restaurant in Oakland. Suddenly, in mid-March, about a dozen workers were laid off, including him. “There was a low clientele and the restaurant wasn’t doing well,” said Hector, who didn’t want to provide his last name due to his undocumented […]

When Jesus Francisco Meza Uriarte and Dian Alejandro Bienazul Atondo step into the van that will take them to a spinach field in Salinas each morning, it stinks of bleach. The van’s been sanitized between rides to kill any lingering bits of the COVID-19 virus. They ride to work, sitting at least six feet apart, […]

The once-a-decade U.S. Census plays a critical role in ensuring that California communities receive the resources they need and the representation they deserve in government.

The nation's most populous state has become a case study in governing remotely as California legislators handle a shutdown, a pandemic and tanking economy.