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CONCORD, Calif. — On a hot June afternoon, Sergio Jaime Lopez, the community defense coordinator for the non-profit Safe Center in Contra Costa County, arrives at the Concord Immigration Court. A hearing is about to begin, and he does his rounds. He gives an update in Spanish to three...
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A federal judge has ordered historical and science-based displays removed from America’s national parks and monuments must be restored by July 4. A coalition of conservationists sued after nearly 60 items were taken down, including signage about climate change and Wabanaki history in Maine’s Acadia National Park. The displays had been deemed “improper...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media El 1 de abril, la Corte Suprema escuchó los argumentos orales contra la prohibición de la ciudadanía por nacimiento impuesta por el presidente Donald Trump, que supone un duro golpe para las familias inmigrantes al negar la ciudadanía automática a cualquier persona nacida en...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media The Supreme Court on April 1 heard oral arguments challenging President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship ban, which deals a heavy blow to immigrant families by denying automatic citizenship to anyone born in the US. The case — Barbara vs. Trump — challenges Trump’s Jan. 21, 2025...
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Wendy Fry & Sergio Olmos CalMatters Una jueza federal dictaminó que los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza continuaron realizando detenciones y arrestos ilegales después de que ella les ordenara que cesaran sus actividades. En una decisión concisa, hecha pública el 2 de abril, la juez escribió que los agentes habían “detenido...
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Wendy Fry & Sergio Olmos CalMatters A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol agents continued making illegal stops and arrests after she ordered them to quit. In a tersely worded decision unsealed the morning of April 2, the judge wrote that agents had “again detained people without reasonable suspicion,” relying on broad...
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In a historic session, with the unprecedented presence of President Donald Trump himself, the justices of the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether the government can restrict birthright citizenship for children with at least one undocumented parent. This was a principle that seemed as solid as the court’s...
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Los grupos que defienden a la comunidad LGBTQ+ están criticando duramente una decisión del Tribunal Supremo del 30 de marzo que anula una ley de Colorado que prohibía la terapia de conversión para menores. El juez Neil Gorsuch, en nombre de la mayoría, argumentó que el proyecto de ley...
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Groups advocating for the LGBTQ+ community are slamming a March 30 Supreme Court decision overturning a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors. Justice Neil Gorsuch argued for the majority the bill violated therapists’ First Amendment free speech rights. Jorge Reyes Salinas, communications director for the group Equality California, said conversion...