PALO ALTO — Applications for the H-1B visa, the program that allows companies to hire skilled immigrants, grew 3.2 percent during 2017 in the San Francisco Bay Area. That may not seem like much, but it bucks a national decline in H-1B visa applications since Donald Trump was elected president.
Bucking the national trend, H-1B visa applications continue to grow in the Bay Area Read More »
SAN JOSE – In early 2017, Kinjal Zaveri and her husband were excitedly preparing to buy a house in San Jose when President Trump’s administration announced it would revoke her work permit.
SANTA ROSA — Two months later, an often-overlooked community of indigenous immigrants from Mexico is still struggling to recover from the deadly Wine Country fires .
After North Bay fires, indigenous Mexican immigrants struggle in silence, isolation Read More »
SANTA ROSA — Sonoma County leaders are pointing to inadequate Spanish-language communication and fear as key barriers that prevented immigrant communities from seeking aid following the most destructive fires in California’s history.
SAN JOSE — As immigration enforcement agents pick up the pace of arrests in Northern California, local rapid response networks have grown in membership and sophistication throughout the Bay Area.
Grassroots rapid response networks expand throughout Bay Area as ICE arrests increase Read More »
As pressure from hostile political rhetoric towards immigrants looms, the daughter of migrant farmworkers in California’s Central Valley joins local activists to bring awareness to issues facing farmworkers and the greater immigrant community. Experience the story of her life through 360 video.
In the heart of the Central Valley, a young activist fights for immigrant rights Read More »
Fear of deportation has multiplied to a new degree because of Trump’s pledges throughout the campaign and since taking office to crack down on illegal immigration and build a border wall with Mexico.
As a first-generation American, Dane Christensen felt Donald Trump’s harsh words cut deep about immigration and building the border wall with Mexico.
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Students and teachers at East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy are grappling with uncertainty surrounding President-elect Trump’s statements about immigration and minority communities.
President-elect Donald Trump could reverse President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program on his first day in office, leaving some Bay Area residents grappling with uncertainty.
Bay Area residents benefiting from Obama immigration program uncertain about future Read More »
After largely being left out of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration reform, Silicon Valley is gearing up for what it expects will be a continued long and bitter process of pushing industry-friendly immigration reform through Congress.
Struggling with politics, Silicon Valley ramps up fight for more tech visas Read More »
