By Sophie Haigney Published 1:38 pm, Friday, June 15, 2018 Photo: Melody Gutierrez / The Chronicle Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Jose Antonio Vargas, left, shows his new driver’s license with Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, who author the bill that made it possible. Vargas, a Filipino-born journalist who moved to the Bay Area when he was 12, was thrust into the spotlight in 2011 when he revealed in a New York Times magazine cover story that he was living in the United States without legal permission. On Thursday, the Mountain View Whisman School District board voted to name a new school after Vargas. (File photo) less Jose Antonio Vargas, left, shows his new driver’s license with Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, who author the bill that made it possible. Vargas, a Filipino-born journalist who moved to the Bay Area ... more … [Read more...] about Mt. View school to be named after undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas
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Mountain View school to be named after undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas
By Tatiana Sanchez | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: June 15, 2018 at 1:19 pm | UPDATED: June 15, 2018 at 1:27 pm A new Mountain View elementary school will be named after Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas, who made waves in 2011 after outing himself as an undocumented immigrant. The Mountain View Whisman School District voted this week to name the school — currently under construction on North Whisman Road — after Vargas, a graduate of Crittenden Middle School and Mountain View High School. Vargas, born in the Philippines, emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12, settling in Mountain View with his grandparents. He revealed his status as an undocumented immigrant in an essay for New York Times magazine back when it wasn’t so common to do so, building an activist movement that would grow in the years to come. In the essay, he recalls unknowingly entering the … [Read more...] about Mountain View school to be named after undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas
Surge in Children Separated at Border Floods Facility for Undocumented Immigrants
The biggest licensed child care facility in the United States for undocumented immigrant children, Casa Padre, houses nearly 1,500 boys ranging from the ages of 10 to 17, and looks more like incarceration than temporary shelter, NBC News reported. The boys are a mix of children who crossed into the U.S. unaccompanied and those separated from their parents by Attorney General Jeff Sessions' new zero-tolerance policy. They spend 22 hours per day during the week locked inside a converted former Walmart, and the average stay is 52 days. Children are automatically separated from parents referred for criminal prosecution, and it's led to a surge in children filling the center above its legal capacity. Now, officials in Washington are scrambling to open temporary tent cities around the country. Get More at NBC News … [Read more...] about Surge in Children Separated at Border Floods Facility for Undocumented Immigrants
Advocate makes case for giving tax breaks to undocumented immigrants
Advocate makes case for giving tax breaks to undocumented immigrants Jun 07, 2018 Assembly Democrats are urging Gov. Jerry Brown to extend the state Earned Income Tax Credit to cover undocumented workers. The root bill was co-sponsored by the California Immigrant Policy Center. Gina Da Silva speaks. The California Channel David Caraccio … [Read more...] about Advocate makes case for giving tax breaks to undocumented immigrants
California Democrats push tax break for low-income undocumented immigrants
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