The word “alien” will no longer appear in California’s labor code because it could be seen as disparaging to people not born in the United States, thanks to a new law that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed this week. The move comes at a time when undocumented immigrants are dealing […]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Thursday that it’s working on employer guidance related to 2,600 three-year work permits mistakenly issued after a court blocked President Barack Obama’s major executive actions policies, in a move that could give companies some much needed compliance advice. Roughly 2,600 Deferred Action for Childhood […]
Hundreds of immigrant families remained locked up and in limbo this week after attorneys for the Obama administration resisted a judge’s order concerning the increasingly controversial family detention system the attorneys appear determined to defend. The administration’s latest response came after U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles in […]
California Effort to Issue Driver’s Licenses to Immigrants Receives Surge of Applicants
8 Aug
by Foster, on News
LOS ANGELES — When Alberto Fraire drives past a police car these days, he no longer worries about steep fines, or perhaps being hauled to jail and tangling with the immigration system. When California began issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants this year, he was one of the first in […]