The United Farm Workers (UFW) union will get a new president next month after Arturo Rodriguez, the current president, decided to relinquish the job after 25 years. Teresa Romero will be the third president of the UFW and the first ever female president of the organization. Rodriguez had been the president of the organization since […]

According to the first annual New American Economy Cities index for integrating immigrant communities, the immigrant community in Fresno is paying around $1 billion in annual taxes and contributing over $3 billion annually to the local economy. Fresno ranked 35th out of 100 large U.S. cities in the study. According to the index, the numbers […]

Some great news for fans of Latino-focused films, the city of Coachella will be sponsoring two film festivals this October. The council made the decision in June to award city sponsorship to the Official Latino Film and Arts Festival as well as to Cinema Culturas – 2018 Coachella Valley Film Festival in the Fields. Both […]

According to a report by The Intercept, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used backend Facebook data to track down undocumented immigrants targeted for deportation. The Intercept obtained documents and emails through a public records request that provided a rare look into one of the tactics ICE used to monitor suspects. The report shows that […]

In late December, a class action lawsuit was filed in San Diego federal court that alleges that immigrants at Otay Mesa Detention Center are paid at most $1.50 per day, and sometimes not paid at all, for their work. The lawsuit further alleges that the facility doesn’t provide all of the basic necessities that detainees […]

Motel 6 is facing another lawsuit, which alleges that it violated the civil rights of Latino immigrants by voluntarily giving the personal information of guests to federal immigration authorities. The lawsuit was filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) on behalf of the guests in federal court in Arizona. The lawsuit […]

According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data, more than twice as many H-1B applications were rejected in November compared to the same time period in 2016. Foreigners who were once considered solid candidates for an H-1B visa have been receiving extra scrutiny and delays on their applications under the Trump Administration. An H-1B visa […]

According to the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, complaints over immigration-related retaliation threats surged last year in California. Workers had filed 94 immigration-related retaliation claims with the office through Dec. 22, which is up from 20 claims in 2016 and seven claims in 2015. The cases include instances in which employers allegedly threatened to report workers […]

A bizarre story is coming out of San Diego County, where apparently, a gas station attendant refused to serve Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers a couple weeks ago. According to the Blue Lives Matter website, five officers stopped at a Shell station on San Ysidro Blvd. near Interstate 5 to fill up when the […]

Last month, a military veteran was finally able to return home 15 years after being deported. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Marco Chavez Medina, 45, is the first deported military veteran to have his green card reinstated after a governor pardoned the conviction that caused him to lose it. Chavez served four years in […]