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Profile of the Unauthorized Population: California
Source: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/unauthorized-immigrant-population/state/CA Demographics Estimate % of Total Unauthorized Population 3,034,000 100% Top Countries of Birth Mexico 2,114,000 70% Guatemala 200,000 7% El Salvador 111,000 4% Philippines 88,000 3% China 82,000 3% Regions of Birth Mexico and Central America 2,481,000 82% Caribbean 3,000 0% South America 41,000 1% Europe/Canada/Oceania 71,000 2% ... -
Border fences are succeeding -- in keeping migrants in U.S.
By WAYNE A. CORNELIUS, l.a. times op-ed ~ august 10, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0810-cornelius-border-security-20150810-story.html In the first Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump swore he'd build a wall to keep out Mexican migrants and his GOP rivals lined up to assure voters that they would “secure the border.” What these aspiring candidates neglected to ... -
DACA Recipients Traveling Abroad With Advance Parole May Make Them Eligible to Get Their Green ...
By Mark Silverman, and Alison Kamhi Immigrant Legal Resource Center, August 1, 2015 Introduction: A person with DACA may apply for and be granted permission to travel outside the U.S. temporarily from DHS (the Department of Homeland Security) for humanitarian, educational, or employment purposes. This is called advance parole.[1] One ... -
The GOP vs. Latino voters
By JOE TRIPPI, l.a times op-ed ~ July 26, 2015 On the question of immigration, the Republican Party is at a crossroads. The party could take the Jeb Bush approach. “The way I look at this,” Bush said last year, “is someone who comes to our country because they couldn't come ... -
Judge orders release of immigrant children, mothers from detention centers
By CINDY CARCAMO, l.a. times july 25, 2015 A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in detention facilities must be released as soon as possible after finding that their detention was in serious violation of an earlier court settlement. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in ... -
Lost in the Immigration Frenzy
N.Y. Times Editorial By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, JULY 13, 2015 Kathryn Steinle was killed on a pier in San Francisco on July 1, allegedly by a troubled immigrant who had a stolen gun and a long criminal history and had been deported five times. The shooting was inexplicable, yet Ms. ... -
Immigrants' visas expire but many remain, despite repercussions
By ANH DO L.A Times ~ July 12, 2015 Laura Lopez first came to the U.S. at 15. She had joined a group of students from Guatemala who were visiting Orange County. She remembers her first trip to Disneyland, eating at Taco Bell and strolling through the streets of downtown Santa ... -
Latinos officially the biggest ethnic group in California
Total of 14.99 million surpassed number of white people in 2014 California joins Hawaii and New Mexico as state without a white plurality Rory Carroll in Los Angeles - Wednesday 8 July 2015 16.50 EDTLast modified on Wednesday 8 July 2015 18.40 EDT Latinos have edged past white people to become the biggest racial or ethnic ... -
Court Rules Arizona Law That Banned Mexican-American Studies May Be Discriminatory
By Roque Planas roque.planas@huffingtonpost.com, Huffington Post July 7, 2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/07/arizona-mexican-american-studies_n_7748102.html A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a trial to assess whether an Arizona law that was passed to ban a Mexican-American studies curriculum in Tucson's public schools intentionally discriminates against Hispanics. The 2-1 ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th ... -