Become a Citizen Today and Vote in 2012!

FREE CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE February 25th: 9 am, 11 am, or 1 pm San Diego City College, Learning Resource Center Register in advance at www.youareamerica.org or call 760-239-7959 to reserve your spot to receive assistance from expert attorneys and legal service providers. Be sure to bring these documents and information to complete an N-400 application: Money Order for N-400 Application Fee: $680 (made out to U.S.C.I.S.) OR fee waiver documents (see box). Lawful Pe...

EXCLUSIVE: Escondido woman obtains restraining order against Border Patrol agent

By EDWARD SIFUENTES esifuentes@nctimes.com North County Times An Escondido woman obtained a restraining order ---- which was later lifted ---- against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who she said harassed her and her family after he stopped to ask for her immigration status at a local gas station in October. In a sworn affidavit filed with the court, Aidee Arellano, 33, said the agent used foul and degrading language while she was detained; that the agent threatened to take her two young...

2012 All People’s Breakfast News Coverage

NCTimes.com - REGION: Prize-winning journalist speaks about being an illegal immigrant U-T San Diego - Breakfast revisits King's message U-T San Diego - 24th Annual All People's Breakfast Photo Gallery Yahoo! Noticias - Reconocen a indocumentado ganador del Pulitzer en acto por Luther King 10News.com - Annual All People's Breakfast Held Downtown EastCountyMagazine.org - EAST COUNTY ACTIVIST ESTELA DE LOS RIOS TO RECEIVE ASHLEY WALKER SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD JAN. 16 AT MARTIN LUTHER ...

Referendum drive to overturn California’s Dream Act fails

Opponents of California's Dream Act have failed in a signature-gathering drive aimed at overturning the new law that will permit some undocumented immigrants to receive publicly funded college aid. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly informed supporters of the referendum drive through a written statement today that the campaign had fallen short of qualifying for the ballot. The effort garnered 447,514 signatures, not the required 504,760 valid voter signatures required to place the matter before ...

Democracy Now! – Deportation of U.S. Teen to Colombia Latest Failure of Immigration System

The family of a Dallas teenager Jakadrien Turner is demanding answers after she was deported to Colombia, despite the fact that she is a U.S. citizen and speaks no Spanish. Turner, a 15-year-old African-American runaway, was living in Houston when she was arrested for shoplifting and gave police a fake name that belonged to a 22-year-old undocumented immigrant from Colombia with warrants for her arrest. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) reportedly discovered Turner’s fi...