U-T: Threatening note found near critically injured mother

By Susan Shroder and Pauline Repard EL CAJON — A 32-year-old woman was critically injured and not expected to survive after an assault in her El Cajon home on Wednesday, police said Friday, and a threatening note telling the mother of five to go back to her home country was found near her, a family friend said. The woman’s 17-year-old daughter found her unconscious in the dining room of the house on Skyview Street off Lemon Avenue about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, said El Cajon police Lt. Steve Shak...

Refugees face homelessness all over again in U.S.

By Lornet Turnbull Seattle Times staff reporter Every few weeks or so, the family of 10 would pack up and move yet again - the father and boys finding a bed or space on the floor with family friends in one part of King County, the mother and girls in another. Somali refugees who were first resettled in upstate New York before relocating here last fall, they shuffled between the homes of friends willing to put them up, sometimes sharing two- or three-bedroom units with the eight or ...

Obama’s Aunt was an Undocumented Immigrant for 8 years

By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff Originally published May 17, 2010 A Boston immigration judge has granted asylum to President Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, clearing the way for her to stay in the United States and possibly to become a US citizen, her lawyers said today. Immigration Judge Leonard I. Shapiro, after hearing closed-door testimony from the Kenyan native in February, granted her plea on Friday. Reached by telephone, Onyango referred questions to her lawyers. "...

latimes.com: Iraqi refugees find hard times

Thousands have settled in El Cajon since the war in Iraq, but the tough economy has left many unable to find jobs and running out of options. By Richard Marosi March 29, 2010 Reporting from El Cajon, Calif. Bomb blasts, torture and years of exile had all but ruined the Azeez family of Iraq. So the news sounded promising: Their refugee application had been approved. Abdul, his wife, Haifaa, and their four adult children were coming to America. The family of Mandeans, a persecut...