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Immigration
How Changes to Public Charge May Impact Green Card Applicants
In July, the United States Department of Homeland Security announced that it will rescind the public charge rules issued under President Joe Biden.
Survey Analyzes Impacts of Immigration Raids on Farm Workers
The United Farm Workers Foundation (UFW) conducted a survey, Under the Sun and out of the Shadows, to assess the impacts of the immigration raids on undocumented farm workers.
Op-ed: Empathy Is NOT Enough, We Need Our County Board of Supervisors to Act
Three of the five districts that make up Kern County are home to large Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, both privately and publicly owned.
City Council to Discuss Possible Sanctuary City Policy
Community members gathered at the city council meeting this week to ask the council members to make Bakersfield a sanctuary city.
Detainees Boycott High Commissary Prices in Kern Immigration Detention Facilities
Starting on July 1st, detainees at both the Golden State Annex in McFarland and the California City Detention Center have organized a boycott in response to rising commissary prices.
Planning Commission Denies Appeal of California City Detention Center Site Plan
On July 7, the California City Planning Commission met to hear an appeal filed by Jehan Laner on behalf of the Dignity Not Detention Coalition regarding CoreCivic’s California City detention center.