Student protesters demanding that Cal State Long Beach officially adopt a “Sanctuary” campus status marched to and delivered a set of demands to President Jane Close Conoley at Brotman Hall just before 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The students originally gathered by the Prospector Pete statue on upper campus at 1[Read More…]
Tag: immigration
CSU Chancellor Timothy White targeted by David Horowitz Freedom Center
A series of anti-immigration posters were distributed to the California State Universities via email Tuesday morning, calling for the prosecution of CSU Chancellor Timothy White for supporting sanctuary campuses. The posters, which included a caricatured image of White along with the caption, “Defund CSU prosecute Timothy P. White,” were claimed[Read More…]
Immigration clinic brings families to CSULB
Concerns and questions about immigration brought people to The Pointe on Saturday, where they met with attorneys at a free legal clinic. The Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition and Cal State Long Beach’s Future Underrepresented Educated Leaders hosted the clinic, welcoming upward of 50 attendees into the venue where they[Read More…]
Congress must pass immigration legislation for 11.3 million undocumented immigrants
The time has come for Congress to discuss the problems with our immigration policy and produce legislation to address it. It’s not an issue with simple solutions, and wading through the complexities of fixing our broken immigration system is not an easy job. But that’s what Capitol Hill is for,[Read More…]
On immigration, Obama has the law and Reagan on his side
Last Monday, I was furiously pecking away on the keyboard at a law firm where I work as a paralegal, hoping to prepare all the evidence and finish a petition on time for an immigration case — that is, until a federal judge ruined everything. The case involved a client[Read More…]
La Bestia carries immigrant refugees, not criminals, to the United States
People flee from countries where their lives are in mortal peril and where they and their families are starving; in the U.S., people have pounds to spare. Half a million Central Americans cross Mexico aboard “La Bestia,” or The Beast, a network of cargo freight trains en route to the[Read More…]