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County Employees In San Bernardino, Calif., Return To Work After Mass Shooting

Monday, December 07, 2015

County workers returned to their offices Monday, five days after the mass killings in San Bernardino, Calif., during an office party. The FBI says it is investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism.

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San Bernardino Shooting Puts Screening For 'Fiancé Visas' Under Scrutiny

Saturday, December 05, 2015

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Immigration Activists March To Save Millions From Deportation

Friday, November 20, 2015

As President Obama tries to save his plan to shield some five million people from deportation, immigration activists have been marching and planning more demonstrations to support him.

Protesters rallied Friday in more than 20 cities, including Washington, DC, New York and Chicago. Actions are scheduled in nine other locations ...

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Mexican Immigration Declining; More Are Returning Than Arriving

Thursday, November 19, 2015

A new study of immigration to the United States shows that more Mexicans have returned home than have arrived here since 2009.

The report from the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center also finds that the overall flow of Mexicans between the two countries is the smallest since the 1990s.

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Immigrants May Impact an Election

Thursday, November 19, 2015

With President Obama's executive actions to shield up to five million immigrants from deportation now stalled in the courts, the conventional wisdom is that his proposal is a loser for the administration and the Democrats. Twenty-six states filed suit to stop him and it's safe to say an energized ...

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Calif. Drought Adds To The Perils Of Endangered Chinook Salmon

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

For the second year, there's a diminishing count of juvenile salmon migrating downstream away from their spawning grounds in northern California. The drought isn't the only problem the salmon face.

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White House To Appeal Immigration Ruling To Supreme Court

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

The GOP-controlled Congress says it will not take up immigration overhaul until after next year's election. What's next for the nearly 4 million immigrants who would be covered by the Obama actions?

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U.S. Government Settles Lawsuit Filed By Iranian-American Judge

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

The Justice Department has settled with an Iranian-American immigration judge who alleged that her superiors had ordered her not to hear cases involving Iranian nationals.

Last year Los Angeles-based Immigration Judge Ashley Tabaddor sued the Justice Department, claiming that the order amounted to discrimination and violated her constitutional rights.

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Administration Seeks Protection of Refugees' LGBT Spouses

Friday, October 30, 2015

Without much fanfare, the Obama administration recently took a significant step towards helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, people fleeing persecution. The State Department is expanding its interpretation of the term "spouse" to include partners of same sex refugees and asylum seekers.

Buried in the State Department's

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Courts Say Detained Non-Citizens Have The Right To Bond Hearings

Thursday, October 29, 2015

At the same time that immigration is a hot-button issue on the presidential campaign trail, in the courts, immigration advocates are chipping away at the government's authority to detain non-citizens indefinitely.

Two rulings issued this week from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York and the Ninth Circuit ...

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Stalled Legal Process Threatens Obama's Executive Actions On Immigration

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Nearly a year ago, the Obama administration expanded protections to certain immigrants and their parents living here illegally. States, led by Texas, sued and won an initial victory t...

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Immigrant Advocates Report Abuses At ICE Facilities, Call The Agency 'Complicit'

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

A new report on conditions in immigrant detention centers around the country finds a systematic and ongoing failure by the Obama administration to adequately inspect facilities run by public and private contractors. The report alleges a pattern of basic human rights violations leading to deaths, suicides, violence and sexual assaults ...

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Bay Area Commuters Angered Over Mismanagement Of Bridge Project

Friday, October 16, 2015

The eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is only two years old, and it's already requiring millions of dollars in repairs. The project, 10 years late and $5 billion ov...

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California Governor Vetoes Drug Conviction Bill

Sunday, October 11, 2015

When is a conviction not a conviction?

That's one of the questions raised by California Gov. Jerry Brown as he vetoed a bill Thursday that would have protected immigrants—legal or not—with low level drug offenses from deportation.

In California, anyone who gets popped for a minor drug offense, like smoking ...

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Partisan Divide Widens Over Immigration Policy

Thursday, October 08, 2015

It probably won't surprise you that there's a growing polarization among Americans over how to deal with several immigration policy proposals.

Whether it's Donald Trump's idea for a massive border fence or the proposal to change the Constitution so that babies of unauthorized residents aren't automatically made citizens, Republicans and ...

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How Junipero Serra Helped Shape California

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

While Pope Francis is in Washington this week, he is scheduled to canonize Junipero Serra — an 18th century Spanish missionary and the founder of California's storied network of missions.

The canonization of Serra prompts a robust debate: Was the Franciscan friar, as the pontiff proclaims, a saint? Or was ...

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California Officials Warn Of No Swift End To Severe Fire Season

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

It has been a record year for wildfires in California, and officials are warning that the end is not yet in sight. NPR checks in on the fires burning in Northern California and the Sierra Nevada.

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Valley Fire In Northern California Devours Homes, Forces Evacuations

Monday, September 14, 2015

Thousands of acres continue to burn in Northern California, devouring homes, threatening geothermal plants and leaving scores of evacuated residents unsure whether or not they will re...

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Fast-Moving Wildfires In California Claim 1 Life, Hundreds Of Properties

Monday, September 14, 2015

Two wildfires have swept across 100,000 acres in Northern California, prompting evacuations and an emergency declaration by Gov. Jerry Brown. Fire officials have confirmed at least one death.

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Federal Requests For Immigration Holds Continue To Decline

Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Federal immigration officials are issuing far fewer detainer requests, also known as immigration holds, to state and local law enforcement agencies seeking immigrants who are in this country illegally. At the same time, the requests that are issued don't appear to be targeting serious, or convicted, criminals.

That's according to ...

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