• Immigrant-Rights Groups Speak Out as Trump Visits CA

    Suzanne Potter California News Service California News Service LOS ANGELES – Even as President Donald Trump wraps up his first visit to the Golden State since the election, immigrant-rights groups are embracing California’s new nickname as the “State of Resistance.” Last September, the president ended the Deferred Action for...
  • Una iniciativa para el futuro

    José López Zamorano La Red Hispana   A unos días del vencimiento del plazo el 23 de marzo para un nuevo acuerdo presupuestal, las perspectivas de un alivio migratorio permanente para los “dreamers” son inciertas, aun cuando varios senadores creen que es posible por lo menos brindarles una solución...
  • Immigrant-Rights Supporters Slam Sanctuary State Lawsuit

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ new lawsuit against California’s so-called sanctuary state laws is drawing withering criticism from lawmakers and groups that support immigrant rights. Sessions argues California is violating the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which says federal laws take precedence....
  • Lawsuit Filed Against California for its Sanctuary Policy is Affront to Residents, Says Immigrant Legal Resource Center

    The Justice Department is suing California, Governor Jerry Brown, and the state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, over three state laws passed in recent months to protect the rights of immigrants.  Attorney General Sessions made a formal announcement regarding the lawsuit and California’s “extreme postion” during a visit to Sacramento at the 26th...
  • Immigrants Can Be Detained Indefinitely Under Supreme Court Ruling

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service SEATTLE — People waiting for their immigration case to be decided can be held indefinitely, even if they are legal permanent residents or asylum seekers. In a 5-to-3 decision issued Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Jennings...
  • Los Dreamers de Hollywood

    José López Zamorano La Red Hispana Guillermo del Toro es un orgulloso mexicano. Su merecida victoria del Premio Oscar como el mejor director del año, se suma a los triunfos similares de sus paisanos y amigos Alfonso Cuarón por “Gravity” en 2013 y Alejandro González Iñárritu, éste en dos...
  • Immigrant-Rights Activists See Turning Point for All Americans

    Stephanie Carson California News Service Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services Reporting for the Ethnic Media Services-California News Service Collaboration SAN FRANCISCO – Warning that the country is heading down a white-nationalist, nativist path, four immigrant-rights advocates issued a call to action last week just hours before the U.S. Senate...
  • Latino Groups Push Back on Citizenship Question for Census

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Latino groups are praising a protest letter sent to the Trump administration by state Attorney General Xavier Becerra and leaders from 17 other states opposing a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The Department of Justice recently asked the Census Bureau to add...
  • Prueba de Fuego sobre DACA

    José López Zamorano La Red Hispana Washington. – Con el apoyo virtualmente unánime de toda la Cámara Alta, salvo el rechazo solitario del senador republicano de Texas Ted Cruz, el Senado puso en marcha esta semana el crucial debate legislativo sobre el Programa de Acción Diferida para Llegados en...
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