Tag: Immigration

  • Field Guide: Looking at Public Safety

    By Megan Burks [Editor’s Note: Field Guide is a weekly email bringing you the news, explainers and action items needed to navigate your changing community. Click here to subscribe.] FIELD GUIDE TOOLBOX Violent Crimes by Neighborhood (2011) Azalea/Hollywood – 11 Castle – 48 Cherokee Point – 28 Chollas Creek – 16 Colina Del Sol –…

  • More Children Of Deported Parents Landing In Foster Care

    By Ruxandra Guidi The New York-based advocacy organization, Applied Research Center, got government data showing the connection between immigration enforcement and child welfare. Among the report’s findings is that at least 5,100 children are currently living in foster care, prevented from reuniting with their detained or deported immigrant parents. “What we found, is that a growing…

  • Effort To Repeal State Dream Act Begins

    By Ruxandra Guidi California Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly can begin his signature drive to overturn the Dream Act, which was signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Jerry Brown. Donnelly, a member of the Tea Party and founder of the Minuteman Party in California, has 74 days to collect signatures to put the Dream Act up…

  • Tweet City Heights: District Could Cut Small Schools, But Are Savings Worth It?

    By Megan Burks Budget Ax Could Fall on Small Schools, But Are the Savings Worth It? This morning Speak City Heights partner KPBS reported the committee looking into closing some San Diego schools to save money has put Crawford Educational Complex’s small schools on the chopping block. The group’s plan, which the school board is…

  • Governor Approves State Dream Act, Nixes E-Verify for Private Employers

    By Ruxandra Guidi The two bills faced Republican opposition and were passed right before the legislative deadline. Assembly Bill 1236, the Employment Acceleration Act of 2011, will not make it mandatory for private companies to use the federal employment verification system, or E-Verify. Assembly Bill 130, also known as the California Dream Act, will make…