Tag: Immigration

  • 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…

  • Attorneys Bring Law School to the Neighborhood, In English and Spanish

    By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh The United States has been famously dubbed a nation of laws, not of men. But that doesn’t really help you much if you don’t know what the laws are or how to use them. For instance, is it legal for a landlord to say you can’t rent a top…

  • Tweet City Heights: Rethinking the Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’

    By Megan Burks Rethinking the Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Expect to see a change in the way journalists throughout the United States handle the terms “illegal immigrant” and “undocumented immigrant.” The Associated Press Stylebook, a writing style guide for journalists, advised reporters this week to reserve “illegal” to describe actions, not people, and to get more…

  • Tweet City Heights: To Afford Rent, San Diego Families Need to Make $55K

    By Megan Burks To Afford Rent, San Diego Families Need to Make $55K A study from the National Low Income Housing Coalition says that to afford rent for a two bedroom home, San Diegans would need to make $55,280 a year, or earn a wage of $26.58. Heads of households making the minimum wage of…

  • Tweet City Heights: Feds Question Family Health Centers’ Financials

    By Megan Burks Feds Question Family Health Centers’ Financials The federal government may require Family Health Centers of San Diego to repay $4.5 million in grant money because it didn’t properly document how the money was spent, according to U-T San Diego. A spokesman for the network of community clinics told the U-T the organization…