Tag: Immigrants

  • Immigrant Doctors Find Path Back to Practicing Medicine

    Students at the Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College. | Photo Courtesy of Welcome Back Center/Grossmont Community College By Susan Murphy The Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College is working with 1,400 foreign-trained physicians, including 54 refugees, to get a U.S. medical license and resume the career they gave up when they immigrated…

  • Second Opinion: Does Mom Qualify For Obamacare With A Green Card?

    Paula Miranda asks whether her mom, who is from the Philippines but resides legally in the United States, will benefit from the Affordable Care Act. | Video Credit: John Rosman, KPBS By Megan Burks The most recent poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation says 4 in 10 Americans don’t know the Affordable Care Act is…

  • Immigrants Struggle to Be Heard in National, Local Elections

    Maria Hinojosa, a correspondent for PBS Need to Know, and Norma Sandoval, a San Diego Organizing Project volunteer who grew up in City Heights, talk to KPBS about “America By The Numbers.” By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh Both sides in the presidential race say getting out the vote will be a crucial factor in…

  • Deferred Action Records Requests to San Diego Unified Higher Than Expected

    By Neiko Will Listen to the radio report here The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows immigrants brought here as children to stay in the country for two years, and get a work permit. To be eligible for DACA, applicants must prove they have lived in the United States continuously since their arrival here. Earlier in…

  • Tweet City Heights: Immigrant Women Would Lose Protections in House Bill

    By Megan Burks Immigrant Women Would Lose Protections in House VAWA Update This week, the House Judiciary Committee approved some controversial amendments in its reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, including some that scale back protections for battered immigrants. Currently, VAWA allows undocumented immigrants who are battered by spouses with U.S. citizenship or legal…