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Mesa Verde to remain open for at least one more year; advocates raise money to pay bonds of those detained
The Mesa Verde ICE Detention Center is going to remain open for at least another year, according to a contract between the GEO Inc., the contractor for Mesa Verde and the Department of Homeland Security.
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State Senator Melissa Hurtado sends message to young women at swearing in ceremony on International Women’s Day
California Senator Melissa Hurtado was sworn into office Friday — International Women’s Day— in South High’s auditorium in front of politicians, community members, students and teachers.
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‘Most of us didn’t have a chance’: How campaign donors and business leaders took control of a $50 million tax oversight committee
BY: Emma Gallegos for South Kern Sol
When Tracy Correa Lopez decided to apply for a spot on the Measure N Citizens’ Oversight Committee, she figured she would make a good candidate.
Immigration Behind Bars: Local leaders discuss the impacts detention centers have on communities
Activists, volunteers, attorney and scholars came together in February at Cal State Bakersfield to talk about “Immigration Behind Bars” and the impacts it has on the community.
Bill introduced Thursday grants farm workers the right to apply for legal status
Representative Zoe Lofgren and Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced Thursday morning the Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019, which, if passed, grants farm workers and their families the right to apply for legal status.
Federal judge orders Trump Administration to remove citizenship question from Census
A federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census on Tuesday.