Year: 2011

  • Feds to Review All Incoming Immigration Cases to Weed Out Lower Priorities

    By Jill Replogle On Thursday the Department of Homeland Security announced the next step in the Obama administration’s policy of prosecutorial discretion. Attorneys for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin reviewing all new cases in immigration court, and some pending cases, in order to focus resources on prosecuting undocumented criminals and other high priority…

  • Disparities Clear at San Diego Senior Living Communities

    Seventy-six-year-old Josie Davis lives in a City Heights Square studio apartment. She lives alone, but she’s surrounded by photographs of distant family members in the Philippines and of herself as a 17 year old. | Photo Credit: Katie Euphrat By Alison St John Ina and Irwin Rubenstein live in an airy, seventh-floor apartment at Vi, an…

  • Study: Immigrants Assimilating Well

    By Ruxandra Guidi The report, called “Assimilation Tomorrow,” was co-authored by the Center for American Progress and demographers from USC (University of Southern California). Focusing on the last great wave of immigration in the 1990s, authors Dowell Myers and John Pitkin found that those immigrants are integrating well into American society and across all generations. Analyzing demographic trends – including education, home…

  • Charities Brace For Higher Demand, Fewer Donations

    By Susan Murphy ‘Tis the season for giving, but a growing number of San Diego County residents are in need of receiving. Jennifer Gilmore, executive director with Feeding America San Diego, said several regular donors have contacted her to say they’re unable to help this year. “In fact, I had a letter from a gentlemen who’s…

  • Local Food Advocates Urging Congress to Stop ‘Secret’ Farm Bill

    The San Diego Hunger Coalition and other local food groups are urging residents to call on their representatives to stop a “secret farm bill,” referring to a move by the House and Senate agriculture committees to race ahead of the 2012 legislative process. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks and Brian Myers A…