Lucia Marroquin knows what it’s like to wait out pain in hopes that it will go away on its own. She is suffering from kidney stones and may need surgery. But because she lacks health coverage, her first question when she falls ill is always “how much will that cost me?” So when California officials […]
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California’s Stimulus Package is Bringing Aid to Immigrants, Undocumented Taxpayers Left Out of Federal Aid
Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved and signed the Golden State Stimulus package, which includes a one-time payment of $600 or $1,200 to low-income residents, including undocumented taxpayers. The one-time stimulus checks are slated to go to an estimated 5.7 million low-income residents making less than $30,000 a year. According to a release from the governor’s […]
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Pandemic Steals Most from Immigrant Working Women
Early estimates indicate that the coronavirus pandemic has stolen jobs from non-citizen workers — including immigrants who have green cards, work visas or are undocumented — in California at higher rates than citizens. And women have suffered greater job loss than men. But it’s the Californians at that intersection, women who aren’t citizens, who have […]
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Local Law Enforcement Leaders Promise to Protect Immigrants
Every pew in the small white United Methodist Church at the corner of Del Norte and F streets was filled on Monday evening, with people standing in the back aisles and sitting on plastic chairs in the overflow room. Many fanned themselves with programs. Spanish speakers wore headsets provided by the Humboldt Area Foundation, listening […]