When it comes to migrant workers in California, they face an extremely high chance of being injured in the workplace. Data indicates that they're more likely to be hurt or killed at work than their native-born co-workers. Between 1992 and 2002, the number of workplace...

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Immigration
Administration increases penalties for using undocumented workers
President Trump's aversion to the employment of undocumented immigrants is by now well-established. Nevertheless, the president is attempting to increase the penalties paid by employers who use undocumented workers. The construction, agricultural and manufacturing...
Accusations of CBP holding asylum-seekers’ children too long
Lawyers for asylum-seekers in southern California are accusing the Customs and Border Protection Agency ("CPB") of violating federal law and the terms of the Flores Settlement Agreement by holding migrant children in custody longer than the law or the settlement...
California bans for-profit prisons and detention centers
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation preventing California from renewing or entering into contracts with for-profits entitles to operate prison and immigration detention facilities. The bill, Assembly Bill 32, will prevent the state from entering into or...
What should I know about permanent work immigration?
With the current system of immigration in flux, many people are fearful as to how pending and proposed changes will impact them and their families. Although there is substantial rhetoric as to how work immigration, visas, a green card and other immigration concerns...
Change in citizenship policy creates confusion
The Trump administration has been consist in cracking down on immigration, and so when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced late last month that it was changing its policy toward children born abroad to U.S. citizen parents, many immigration advocates...
Local police hand man over to ICE despite sanctuary law
As the Trump administration continues its high-profile efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, California's sanctuary law aims to provide immigrants with some protection. The California Values Act, which went into effect last year, limits local law enforcement...
California opens Medicaid to some undocumented immigrants
Immigration policy is in the news nearly every day this summer, mostly with incredibly disturbing stories about how immigrants are being treated. Fortunately, not all the immigration news is bad. While the federal government's crackdown on immigration continues,...
The right approach to identifying your immigration legal issue
Many of our readers in California have probably never been involved in any type of legal proceeding, but those facing immigration issues know that these cases can become quite complex in a hurry. The right approach to identifying exactly what type of immigration issue...