Tag Archives: undocumented
How to Prepare in Case of Immigration Raid
What to do and what not to do when encounter with an ICE agent. There appears to be a noticeable increase in ICE activity in various parts of Northern California. Also, Trump’s shutdown is adding 20,000 cases per week to the record high immigration court backlog. People had likely waited years to get hearings scheduled, […]
H2A-RangeWorker: Labor Rights Victory
The Department of Labor (DOL) rushed to makean official announcement of new regulations that will permit hundreds of sheepherders with H2A visas to receive a salary increase after Nov. 16, 2015, dateon which the new rules take effect. (Photo by Shaun Stanley / Durango Herald)
Living in the Shadows: California County Seeks to Eliminate Health Safety Net for the Undocumented
For 30 years, the Fresno County government, in California’s Central Valley, has been one of a few in the state to cover specialized healthcare costs for low-income people who have no health insurance, despite their immigration status. The county was forced to offer this coverage through a lawsuit in 1984. Now, Fresno County is once again before a judge, asking for the legal obligation to be lifted, arguing that the majority of the patients in this program are now insured, thanks to Medicaid expansion. Most of those that would be left unprotected are undocumented. Our reporter Farida Jhabvala Romero has more details from Fresno. This story is part of Living in the Shadows, a result of the Reporting on Health Collaborative.
