In an area rich with ethnic diversity, El Cajon stands out. The city of approximately 100,000 sits just a few minutes northeast of San Diego. It recently celebrated its ethnically diverse population with a citizenship ceremony that transformed immigrants into U.S. citizens.
San Diego to help city workers apply for citizenship
Immigrants who work for the San Diego city government or at the airport are getting a nice, new benefit. Thanks to a partnership formed by the city, the airport, the National immigrantion Forum’s New American Workforce and the Chamber of Commerce, legal immigrants will receive help at work in their efforts to become U.S. citizens.
Differences between refugees and immigrants seeking asylum
Persecution or fear of persecution because of religion, nationality, political beliefs, race or social status are motivations for both groups to cross borders into the United States. Members of the two groups often settle here in San Diego, but there are some important differences between them.
LAPD: 911 calls by Latinos are down. Fear of immigrantion hassles?
The reason the State of California and many of its cities and counties have passed so-called "sanctuary laws" is a strong belief that immigrantion enforcement and local law enforcement do not mix.
The science of opposition to immigrantion
Here in San Diego, we are not only close to the border, we are near the center of many national debates over immigrantion issues. Not only would we be next to a wall, if one is built, but we have detention facilities here, as well as ICE offices and many immigrantion activists.
The cost of deportation in dollars and cents
Deportations of undocumented immigrants continue their frenetic pace in the 100+ days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration. A campaign promise to remove all 11 million has narrowed to a focus on the approximately two million with criminal histories.
