Trump administration acknowledges it needs immigrant farmworkers as it moves to cut their pay
By Sergio Olmos and Wendy Fry, CalMatters Protestors hold up signs and flags during a rally against H-2A wage cuts in front of the Robert…
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From Fields to Frontlines
With his own Medi-Cal at risk, farmworker joins efforts to defend care for immigrants and low-income families across California For 17 years, Señor Reyes has…
Editor’s note: The big count
Success of 2020 Census depends on thousands of temps If you have some free time and want to make sure that California keeps its political…
Essay: ‘I was sickened by what I saw’
Border detention centers are un-American By Doris Matsui “Well run” and “clean.” That’s how President Trump recently described children’s detention centers at the U.S. border….
Editor’s note: Coming to America
When I first arrived in America in 1972, I was in fourth grade at Frances Lacy Elementary in Raleigh, N.C. My classmates were somewhat confused…
Does program help American Muslims—or spy on them?
When it comes to ‘preventing violent extremism,’ critics worry Muslims are the focus—even in California. A Sacramento nonprofit that serves refugees and immigrants has been…
Immigration reform: California pushes forward
Last December, SN&R published a piece on the early rumblings of a shift in the immigration debate taking place in the US as a result…