Immigration

Saleki said he stood guard inside his shop Sunday, protected by a steel gate that looters tried, but failed, to pry open. He saw a stream of people enter the REI store across the street, emerging with arms full of clothes and other merchandise. Some cars circled the block and came back for more than one load, he said. … [Read more...] about Meet the immigrant shop owner who had his business trashed in Santa Monica

Trump wants to issue an executive order as soon as this week to suspend new visas for skilled and seasonal workers from overseas, the New York Times and others reported. The prospective order, which could start Oct. 1 and last into the next fiscal year, would not affect people already in the country. … [Read more...] about H-1B work visas, vital to Bay Area tech, in crosshairs of Trump clampdown

“This decision is an important win for democratic accountability and a huge blow to President Trump’s pretensions to unilateral power over the purse," he said. "The Ninth Circuit read federal law closely and found that the shift of funds was not for a military purpose and that the needs he cited were not unforeseen — in other words, that the president has fabricated an emergency to complete his pet project." … [Read more...] about Trump’s use of Pentagon funds for US-Mexico border wall illegal, court rules

At a 2018 round table on immigration, President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse panel approves 0.5B defense policy bill House panel votes against curtailing Insurrection Act powers after heated debate House panel votes to constrain Afghan drawdown, ask for assessment on 'incentives' to attack US troops MORE said the California legislation "provides safe harbor to some of the most vicious and violent offenders on Earth, like MS-13 gang members, putting innocent men, women, and children at the mercy of these sadistic criminals." … [Read more...] about Supreme Court denies petition to hear ‘sanctuary’ case

Their father was a surgeon in Argentina, but it was nearly impossible for him to go back to school and learn how to be a doctor again in the U.S., especially with their first child on the way. So, for the past 24 years, Neftali Monterrosa has worked at Anchor Oyster bar in the Castro neighborhood, where the Monterrosas were welcomed into the community. … [Read more...] about Family of Sean Monterrosa, the SF man killed by Vallejo police, speaks out: ‘My brother was kneeling and surrendering’