Fresno Advocates Want Respect for Immigrants, Defend Miguel Arias

Fresno area farm groups respond to Trump's flip-flopping

After flip-flopping from the Trump administration over immigration raids on farms, industry groups in the central San Joaquin Valley are looking to Congress to solve the problem in the long term. But they’re not all looking at the same solutions. President Donald Trump had briefly teased some reprieve from immigration raids for select businesses — agriculture, as well as the “Hotel and Leisure” industry — in a Truth Social post June 12.  Four da…

Local Child Advocate on Why Westchester’s Children of Immigrants Face Inequality – Even as Citizens

By Juan Diaz I was born in Ecuador and came to the United States at 12. Like many undocumented immigrants, I experienced economic, educational, and emotional barriers. Upon adjusting my immigration status, I took advantage of the chance to advance The post Local Child Advocate on Why Westchester’s Children of Immigrants Face Inequality – Even as Citizens first appeared on The Examiner News.

Fresno Advocates Want Respect for Immigrants, Defend Miguel Arias

A Fresno immigrant rights group is stopping short of calling for a boycott, but wants federal officials and local businesses to show more respect. “(ICE is) dehumanizing and criminalizing the population. They said they were going to go after criminals, and they’re going after anybody … caught in the dragnet,” organizer Stan Santos said. According to tracreports.org, 40,433 out of 56,397—or 71.7%—of people held in ICE detention have no criminal r…

Calls grow for businesses to protect immigrant rights amid ICE concerns

Local activist groups are calling for businesses to support immigrants in light of the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in the Central Valley. The May 1st Committee for Immigrants Rights and Raza Against