Riverside County Sheriff Stanley Sniff speaks with Liliana Jardon about DUI and driver's licens checkpoints after the forum on immigration at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Riverside on Sunday, June 9, 2013.TERRY PIERSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Riverside Sheriff Discusses Secure Communities Program at Forum

Sheriff reviewing controversial immigration program David Olson – The Press Enterprise Published June 9, 2013 Link Here       Riverside County Sheriff Stanley Sniff said his department is considering whether to drop out of a controversial program that trains deputies to screen inmates for immigration status. At a forum Sunday, June 9, at a [...]

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A 2010 Los Angeles candlelight procession and vigil in support of DREAM Act. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

House OKs deportation of DREAM Act immigrants

House OKs deportation of DREAM Act immigrants David Olson – The Press Enterprise Published June 6, 2013 Link Here   Today’s House vote to halt an Obama administration program that provides temporary legalization for many young undocumented immigrants is an ominous sign for the enactment of a comprehensive-immigration-reform law. The Obama administration last year began [...]

Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) is pushing legislation that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to get a license even if they do not qualify for a Social Security number. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Assembly Bill Would Allow Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented

Assembly Bill Would Allow Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented By Chris Megerian – Los Angeles Times Link Here   SACRAMENTO — The Assembly approved legislation Wednesday that would make it easier for immigrants in the country illegally to obtain California driver’s licenses. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Salinas), would allow people to get a [...]

Un análisis del asamblea dice que hay 2 millones de personas en California que serían elegibles para una licencia de conducir o tarjeta de identificación.. - See more at: http://www.laprensaenlinea.com/noticias/noticias-historias/20130529-california-asamblea-estatal-aprueba-medida-que-permitira-indocumentados-obtener-licencias-de-conducir.   /THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE

Asamblea estatal aprueba medida que permitiría a indocumentados obtener licencias de conducir

Asamblea estatal aprueba medida que permitiría a indocumentados obtener licencias de conducir Alejandro Cano – Especial La Prensa Publicado 29 de mayo Enlace aqui   En una decisión bipartidista, la Asamblea Estatal de California aprobó el miércoles 29 de mayo la medida de ley AB 60, propuesta por el legislador Luis Alejo, de Salinas, que [...]

House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 23, 2013. (Associated Press). Photo by: Charles Dharapak.

Boehner: House won’t pass Senate immigration bill

Boehner: House won’t pass Senate immigration bill By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times Published May 23 2013 Link Here   House Speaker John A. Boehner on  Thursday flatly ruled out chances of the House passing the Senate’s  immigration bill, saying his chamber will debate its own bill instead. The Ohio Republican and his top lieutenants [...]

Monday’s Immigrant Day in Sacramento started with a rally on the Capitol steps. Courtesy California Immigrant Policy Center.

JFIC Immigrant Lobby Day in Sacramento

Rally, legislator visits in Sacramento David Olson – The Press Enterprise Blog Published May 21, 2013 Link Here   Immigrant-rights activists from the Inland area and across the state are in Sacramento today for a rally on the state Capitol steps and to meet with legislators. About 20 of the estimated 500 participants in the [...]

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“Jesucristo es mi fuente, me motiva, me inspira, y me protege en la lucha por defender los derechos humanos”, dijo el sacerdote Solalinde durante una de tres paradas en la ciudad de Riverside el jueves 2 de mayo. ALEJANDRO CANO/ESPECIAL PARA LA PRENSA

Solalinde visita al Inland con Caravana de esperanza

El Padre Solalinde lleva su mensaje de servir los pobres y inmigrantes a Riverside. Alejandro Cano – Especial para La Prensa 3 de mayo 2013 Enlace aqui   RIVERSIDE — El significado etimológico del nombre Alejandro es “Defensor del Hombre”, “El Protector”, y es precisamente lo que el sacerdote católico Alejandro Solalinde realiza todos los [...]

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Luz Maria Ayala of Perris, in center, uses a megaphone to chant as she climbs the steps to San Bernardino City Hall during a march May, 1, 2013, to support a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. KURT MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Hundreds March on May Day in San Bernardino

By David Olson – The Press Enterprise Published May 1, 2013 Link Here   Hundreds of people marched through downtown San Bernardino on Wednesday, one of many May Day demonstrations nationwide in support of immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. At pauses in the walk, speakers talked of [...]

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May Day marchers cross Arrowhead Avenue at 2nd Street during a rally Wednesday in downtown San Bernardino. Rick Sforza/Staff Photographer

May Day March in San Bernardino

Activists march and rally on May Day in San Bernardino for workers rights and immigration reform Beatriz Valenzuela – LA Newspaper Group May 1, 2013 Link Here SAN BERNARDINO — Members of the Justice for Immigrants Coalition of Inland Southern California as well as other immigrant and workers’ rights supporters marched through downtown San Bernardino [...]

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May Day 2013 – Legalize IE!

*******FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*******   MEDIA ADVISORY, MONDAY, APRIL 22nd, 2013   The Time for Change is Now! Hundreds from the Inland Empire March for Immigrant and Worker Rights on May Day                                     We Voted, We Organized, and Now We March!   Contact: Jennaya Dunlap at (714) 868-1708, contraredadas@gmail.com or Lyzzeth Mendoza at (909) 746-7288, lyzm.mendoza@gmail.com [...]

A plan being pushed at the Capitol would give undocumented immigrants – and legal residents who can’t afford health insurance but don’t qualify for Medi-Cal – the ongoing opportunity to see a doctor, get tested and receive treatment before minor health problems become severe.

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Low Cost HealthCare for Undocumented Californians.

Some California leaders want low-cost health care for undocumented immigrants By Jim Sanders – The Sacramento Bee Published April 19, 2013 About a million of California’s poorest undocumented immigrants would have access to basic low-cost health care under a plan being pushed at the Capitol. President Barack Obama’s federal health care overhaul excludes undocumented immigrants, [...]

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JFIC Responds to CIR “Gang of 8″ Bill in Senate

Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Response to CIR Talking Points by G8 Senators San Bernardino, CA – On Monday, April 16, media outlets leaked talking points from the proposed legislative framework for immigration reform drafted in the Senate. The detailed proposal is scheduled for introduction to the Senate floor later this week. The good news [...]

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Immigrant Rights Activists in IE Concerned Over Senate Bill

By David Olson – The Press Enterprise Published April, 17 2013 Link Here       The Senate’s long-negotiated plan for comprehensive immigration reform is a reasonable compromise, some Inland residents say. Others contend it creates too arduous a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Anti-illegal-immigration activists who oppose any path to citizenship vow to [...]

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. , lead sponsor of the Senate immigration-reform bill.

JFIC and Coalition Partners Express Concerns Over CIR Bill

By David Olson – The Press Enterprise published April, 17 2013 LINK HERE The eight senators who have been working for months on immigration-reform legislation finally introduced their 844-page bill this morning. The legislation includes a path to citizenship for many of the nation’s estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, further fortification of the border and [...]

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Senators to Introduce Immigration Reform Framework

By Mike Allen – Politico Published April 9, 2013   The Senate’s immigration Gang of Eight plans to announce a deal within a week but a committee markup is not expected until at least the week of May 6, providing a long period for debate and changes, Senate aides said Tuesday. Aides said the legislative [...]